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Clean Energy Breakthrough: Scientists Extract Hydrogen Gas From Plants. Researchers at Virginia Tech have developed a breakthrough in hydrogen energy, something that has always been known to challenge fossil fuel dominance.

Clean Energy Breakthrough: Scientists Extract Hydrogen Gas From Plants

They have developed a process that extracts large quantities of hydrogen gas from plants in an eco-friendly and renewable way. This is yet another alternative we are now aware of that could end our dependence on fossil fuels. Y.H. Percival Zhang is an associate professor at Virginia Tech, along with other researchers he developed a new method of using customized enzymes to produce high quantities of hydrogen out of xylose, a type of sugar that is present in plants. The new environmentally friendly method of producing hydrogen utilizes renewable natural resources, and releases almost zero greenhouse gasses.

The high-purity hydrogen is developed under reaction conditions at 122 degrees Fahrenheit and normal atmospheric pressure. The U.S. Unfortunately, the new energy sector is hard, if not impossible to break through. Water Powered Car (HHO Gas) Water Powered Car. Oxyhydrogen. Oxyhydrogen is a mixture of hydrogen (H2) and oxygen (O2) gases.

Oxyhydrogen

This gaseous mixture is used for torches to process refractory materials and was the first[1] gaseous mixture used for welding. Theoretically, a ratio of 2:1 hydrogen:oxygen is enough to achieve maximum efficiency; in practice a ratio 4:1 or 5:1 is needed to avoid an oxidizing flame.[2] This mixture may also be referred to as knallgas (German; "bang-gas"), although some authors define knallgas to be a generic term for the mixture of fuel with the precise amount of oxygen required for complete combustion, thus 2:1 oxyhydrogen would be called "hydrogen-knallgas".[3] Brown's gas[4] and HHO are fringe science terms for a 2:1 mixture of oxyhydrogen; its proponents claim that it has special properties.

Properties[edit] Oxyhydrogen will combust when brought to its autoignition temperature. Production[edit] electrolysis: 2 H2O → 2 H2 + O2 combustion: 2 H2 + O2 → 2 H2O Applications[edit] Lighting[edit] History and Controversy. Yull Brown has been a controversial figure for years even after his death in 1998.

History and Controversy

Yull Brown was born in Bulgaria as Ilya Velbov. Brown made his mark in life after moving to Australia and taking on a job as a laboratory technician. Yull Brown developed a way to electrolyze water into HHO gas in an exact stoichiometric mix that allowed the substance to be used for welding. Ten years before Brown made his discoveries in Australia, William A. Rhodes, an American filed for international patents for a similar method of creating HHO gas (or oxyhydrogen or hydroxy as it is sometimes called) that would also be used in the welding industry. But unlike Rhodes, Brown was a heavy promoter of what he called "Brown's Gas" and in honor of his work, many people still use this name today. Brown travelled around Australia, then the United States with what is called a traveling road show, promoting his device and gaining investors. But, whether or not Yull Brown lived up to his own hype is not important.

Think different The power of HHO selfrunning free energy system running a 400 Watts load. Run your car on water. This guy does just that! Another Breakthrough in Hydrogen Energy Challenges Fossil Fuel Dominance. Alex Pietrowski, Staff WriterWaking Times Researchers at Virginia Tech have developed a new process that extracts large quantities of hydrogen gas from plants in a renewable and eco-friendly way, offering us another potential alternative to ending our dependence on fossil fuels.

Another Breakthrough in Hydrogen Energy Challenges Fossil Fuel Dominance

After 7 years of research, Y.H. Percival Zhang, an associate professor at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, and his team have developed a new method of using customized enzymes to produce high quantities of hydrogen out of xylose, a simple sugar present in plants. Zhang and his team have succeeded in using xylose, the most abundant simple plant sugar, to produce a large quantity of hydrogen that previously was attainable only in theory. Hydrogen fuel has the potential to dramatically revolutionize the automobile market and reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. Source: U.S. Here are some more statistics about the energy subsidies in the US: Nanoparticles Produce Renewable Hydrogen from Wastewater and Sunlight. © HyperSolarRecent breakthroughs in the development of a renewable hydrogen technology will allow the use of almost any source of water to produce renewable (and carbon-free) hydrogen fuel.

Nanoparticles Produce Renewable Hydrogen from Wastewater and Sunlight

Producing hydrogen with a conventional electrolysis system uses electricity to separate hydrogen and oxygen from water molecules, but one big drawback to this method is the need for highly purified water as a source. But a new technology from HyperSolar eliminates this need, as it claims its nanotechnology can use "any source of water, including seawater and wastewater" to produce hydrogen, which would significantly reduce both the number of steps in the process, as well as the cost involved.

HyperSolar's new technology uses a low-cost polymer coating and a small-scale solar device together to make a self-contained particle that can separate hydrogen from any water, using just the Sun's energy.