It takes pure water for electrolysis. Bottled or purified.
Should be done only when there is surplus energy, at off-peak hours.
2007-10-02 09:33:19 · 11 answers · asked by baypointmike 3 in Environment ➔ Alternative Fuel Vehicles
No, because it requires a lot of energy to extract hydrogen via electrolysis. Off peak hours are at night, when there's no Sun to provide power to a solar cell. Additionally, solar power technology is currently not very efficient, so you couldn't get much hydrogen from the process.
On top of that, you'd need a way to get the hydrogen from your house to your car, and a car that can burn hydrogen as fuel.
It's an interesting idea, but simply not feasible.
2007-10-02 09:49:58 · answer #1 · answered by Dana1981 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. The best method for hydrogen production will probably not involve solar energy. It will be thermal, either geothermal, or nuclear thermal. It's the sulfur-iodine process, and every step is endothermic. Hydrogen is not economically feasible unless it's done somehow with high temperatures. Room temperature electrolysis, the only option safe enough for homes, just doesn't work as well.
2007-10-02 10:07:41 · answer #2 · answered by coven-m 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I already have a Hydrogen generator in my car and it is powered by the alternator and battery of the car
I am presently doing mileage tests with it and expect the fuel saving to be in the region of 25-30%
Hydrogen requires a great temperature to ignite that does gas.
In a collision gas pools around the car and set fire to all of it, because H is 15 times lighter than air it flares straight up in the air
http://www.evworld.com/article.cfm?storyid=482
Oh by-the -way I also have a solar panel fitter to the rear parcel shelf to keep the battery charged up
2007-10-03 05:06:26 · answer #3 · answered by Dreamweaver 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I could afford a hydrogen car I suppose I could afford the solar system to create the hydrogen. LOL. The answer to this question is yes.
2007-10-02 09:56:24 · answer #4 · answered by Marcy B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You aren't going to get more energy than you use to get the "fuel" The only economic disaster for the investor greater than not making Renewable Energy economically viable is for there to be no replacement for fossil fuel. Without a replacement expect the economy of 1850 by 2050. The start of the change over has to start before the baby boomers retirement bill collides with the energy crisis. Without the change over already under way the economies of the 1st World will never recover.
2016-05-19 16:36:27 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Much easier to charge a battery using Solar panels and use it to run the car.
In fact this is the main idea behind Electric Vehicles, use Solar PV to charge the car and run it.
2007-10-02 21:38:31 · answer #6 · answered by funnysam2006 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Solar Power Design Manual : http://SolarPower.siopu.com/?frX
2017-04-01 23:03:57 · answer #7 · answered by Phyllis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, it would be easier to use solar cells to recharge the battery in an electric car and use the electric car.
.... oh .. I see someone else has the same answer... well we must be right!
2007-10-05 06:57:14 · answer #8 · answered by giskard 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hydrogen is very dangerous. It takes almost nothing to make it explode.
2007-10-02 09:44:09 · answer #9 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I probably cant afford the extravagence
2007-10-02 09:38:26 · answer #10 · answered by vladoviking 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋