At 11:16 AM 11/05/2013, Henry Vanderbilt wrote:
Which leaves the question, is hydrogen electrolysis in fact the most economically sensible way to turn cheap electricity into transportation fuel, or mere trendiness? ("The fuel of the future, and always will be...")
This 1973 study used heat from nuclear reactors to desalinate and also produce H2 gas on an impressive scale.
They agreed electrolysis was too expensive. The PDF is really crappy though. They mention metal hydrides as form of storing H2 also.Combined nuclear and hydrogen energy economy : a long term solution to the world's energy problem
http://www.fas.org/sgp/othergov/doe/lanl/lib-www/la-pubs/00269006.html Some others ... High-temperature nuclear reactors as an energy source for hydrogen production http://www.fas.org/sgp/othergov/doe/lanl/lib-www/la-pubs/00269016.html Thermochemical production of hydrogen from water, a critical review http://www.fas.org/sgp/othergov/doe/lanl/lib-www/la-pubs/00258556.html and even further out ... Synfuel (hydrogen) production from fusion power<http://www.fas.org/sgp/othergov/doe/lanl/lib-www/la-pubs/00258757.html>LA-UR-79-1115
Struggling desperately to come back to AR ...Theoretical specific impulses of hydrogen and hydrogen-methane nuclear propellant systems
http://www.fas.org/sgp/othergov/doe/lanl/lib-www/la-pubs/00339497.html
