Woodall J.M., Ziebarth J., Allen J. Jeon C.R., Choi G.
Purdue University, US
Keywords: aluminum, hydrogen, splitting-water
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.
Journal: TechConnect Briefs
Volume: Technical Proceedings of the 2008 Clean Technology Conference and Trade Show
Published: June 1, 2008
Pages: 313 - 315
Industry sector: Energy & Sustainability
Topic: Fuel cells & Hydrogen
ISBN: 1-4200-8502-0