sci.energy.hydrogen

On Feb 28, 9:52 pm, Gunner wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:03:00 -0700, Don Lancaster
> wrote:
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> >Terryc wrote:
> >> knews4u2c...@ wrote:
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> >>> 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.
>
Could be.

> >Except that hydrogen cutting is so slow that the labor is outrageous.

I suppose that would depend on pressure and flame size.

> >The energy in a hydrogen torch is trivial compared to an acetylene one.
>
> >hydrogen cutting is only useful under extremely limited circumstances.
>
Mostly in very clean conditions.

> True enough.
>
> Not a lot of BTUs in hydrogen.
>
> Gunner

times more powerful than gasoline.