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Large waterborne vessels is a good application of hydrogen fuel cells, IMHO. Already large LNG-powered vessels are becoming common, from LNG tankers themselves
by Robotbeat 8y ago
Large waterborne vessels is a good application of hydrogen fuel cells, IMHO. Already large LNG-powered vessels are becoming common, from LNG tankers themselves to LNG-fueled cargo ships and even cruiseliners. Liquefied hydrogen would require similar refrigeration and insulation technology.
In fact, here are two LNG-fueled dredging vessels: https://www.vanoord.com/news/2018-van-oord-adds-two-new-lng-vessels-dredging-fleet https://www.vanoord.com/news/2018-van-oord-adds-two-new-lng-...
Natural gas can be made by combining electrically-produced hydrogen and CO2 (which CAN be pulled from the atmosphere). But I do think LH2 is more likely to be the main energy source if we go to synthesized fuels.
- evgen 8y agoLH2 is an very energy-efficient fuel that is otherwise the worst possible liquid fuel choice you could make. It requires cryogenic cooling, causes embrittlement in materials it comes into contact with, has a very poor volumetric energy density, and has almost no existing infrastructure in place. Even if you lost 50% of your energy in conversion to synthetic methane or propane you would be better off using a synthetic version of a fuel we already know how to handle well.