Generating Hydrogen on Demand by Splitting Water with Al Rich Alloys

	Clean Technology 2008 Chapter 5: Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Technologies
	Generating Hydrogen on Demand by Splitting Water with Al Rich Alloys
Authors:	J.M. Woodall, J. Ziebarth, C.R. Allen J. Jeon, G. Choi
Affilation:	Purdue University, US
Pages:	313 - 315
Keywords:	splitting-water, hydrogen, aluminum
Abstract:	Our group has been pioneering the production of on-demand hydrogen using aluminum-gallium alloys to split water into hydrogen, heat, and alumina. Recently, we have found that we can split water on demand using solid alloys of 95 wt% Al, and 5% (Ga,In,Sn). This is both a technological and economic viability breakthrough since the expensive metal component comprises only 5% of the cost. Since pure alumina can be reduced for about $0.30/lb of Al, and the 5% component can reclaimed at $0.05/lb we can show this technology could generate electricity at $0.10/KWhr.
ISBN:	1-4200-8502-0
Pages:	724
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Indexes:	Keywords, Authors, Affiliations
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Clean Technology 2008

Chapter 5: Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Technologies

Generating Hydrogen on Demand by Splitting Water with Al Rich Alloys