sci.energy.hydrogen

On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:02:34 -0700, Don Lancaster
wrote:

>Gunner wrote:
>> On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:16:47 -0700, Don Lancaster
>> wrote:
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>>>Gunner wrote:
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>>>>On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:03:00 -0700, Don Lancaster
>>>>wrote:
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>>>>>Terryc wrote:
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>>>>>
>>>>>>knews4u2chew@ 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.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>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
>>>>
>>>
>>>About 3 watthours per STP liter.
>>> BTU's per liter.
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>>
>> What is it for fuel gases such as Acetylene?
>>
>> Gunner
>
>
>Much, much higher.

Indeed it is.

Gunner