[extropy-chat] Re: peak oil debate framed from a game theorystandpoint ?

[Mike Lorrey]

--- Eugen Leitl <eugen at leitl.org> wrote:
> 
> I've spent a few minutes with Google, and found references to metal 
> amine (spelled ammine, maybe they do that in Denmark but it's sloppy)
> hydrogen complexes in Amminex context.
> 
> I've worked with alane amines and metal hydrides for a couple months.
> Even if that
> stuff doesn't age with loading/unloading cycles, loading time
> with pressurized hydrogen will be in about hour range. They
> claim they can store ~9% of hydrogen by weight, or 13 MJ/l (if it's
> anything like magnesium hydride it will be about 1.5 the density of
> water).
> Hydrocarbon fuel is about 40-50 MJ/kg, and that's at density lower 
> than water -- a familiar liquid at RT. Methanol is about 22 MJ/kg.
> 
> Here's some overview article
> http://www.aip.org/tip/INPHFA/vol-10/iss-1/p20.html
> 
> All in all sounds about as practical as the PowerBalls guy.
> Overhyped at best, midly fraudulent at worst. We'll see.

Pay attention to your units. The amminex appears to have a volumetric
density of 0.11 kg/l, which is 55% higher than LH2. Given 13 MJ/l, this
comes out to about 140 MJ/l, which is almost three times the other
hydrocarbon fuels. This is a significant breakthrough.

Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
Founder, Constitution Park Foundation:
http://constitutionpark.blogspot.com
Personal/political blog: http://intlib.blogspot.com


	
		
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