sci.energy.hydrogen

On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:03:00 -0700, Don Lancaster
wrote:

>Terryc wrote:
>> knews4u2chew@ wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> It's just his demonstration cell doofus.
>>> Most people in the use lb/sqin on cars and bicycles.
>>> Auto tires approx 30 lbs/sqi.
>>> The gage on meyer's demo cell went to about 15 lbs but he ran it at
>>> steady 7lbs when burning steel at about 50 watts.
>>> I'm sure after years of running his numerous cells he knew his true
>>> gas production.
>>
>>
>> Wow, such a foot shooter.
>> If the Meyer Cell really worked, then he could have sold this steel
>> cutting technology to just about every machine shop in the country.
>> Remember that it uses negligible electricty, so they really got free
>> metal cutting. Lots of savings in all those oxygen and acetlyene bottles.
>
>
>Except that hydrogen cutting is so slow that the labor is outrageous.
>The energy in a hydrogen torch is trivial compared to an acetylene one.
>
>hydrogen cutting is only useful under extremely limited circumstances.

True enough.

Not a lot of BTUs in hydrogen.

Gunner