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Extremely good for weight and extremely poor for volume. To reduce the gasses volume storage is usually either highly compressed (200-700bar) or cryogenic (30K)
by calaphos 7y ago
Extremely good for weight and extremely poor for volume. To reduce the gasses volume storage is usually either highly compressed (200-700bar) or cryogenic (30K), like in the space shuttles tank.
In both cases the volumetric density is still quite poor, cryogenic is about 70g/l, which is actually less than the weight of hydrogen chemically bound in a liter of gasoline.
There exists some concepts of storing hydrogen chemically bound, e.g. to hydrocarbons or metal hydrites which release the gas on high temperatures (100-200°C).
- Confiks 7y agoFormic acid might be a possible solution for the volumetric capacity problem, although it is still very much in its infancy. See [1]. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22449894 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22449894
- cheerlessbog 7y agoHow is better than methanol?