Using Landfill Gas to Power Vehicles
It may sound post-apocalyptic, but one man’s garbage can fuel another man’s car! Air Products has developed the technology to extract hydrogen from landfill gases, as well as the tech to store hydrogen and then dispense it as fuel. Their 1st fueling station will open this summer at Seoul’s World Cup Park (site of the 2002 FIFA World Cup). An article on CNN.com provides these details:
The hydrogen fueling station to be onstream in July 2010 will supply hydrogen produced solely from landfill gas to fuel a fleet of vehicles. The project is part of Seoul’s push to use alternative supply means to generate 10 percent of its energy consumption by 2020, and to use hydrogen for 30 percent of the switch.
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The same article goes on to speak about Air Products’ technology and reach in the U.S. to date:
Air Products’ compression, storage and dispensing technology will fuel hydrogen powered fuel cell buses for public transit initially, and a small fleet of cars targeted to increase to as many as 100 public use vehicles. World Cup Park is a combination of several small parks adjacent to World Cup Stadium, site of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The location has been selected for several eco-friendly projects including a “zero-energy house” completely powered by solar energy and other environmentally-friendly energies.
Air Products, the leading hydrogen supplier to refineries to assist in making cleaner burning transportation fuels, has placed over 110 hydrogen fueling stations in the United States and 18 countries worldwide. Cars, trucks, vans, buses, scooters, forklifts, locomotives, planes, cell towers, material handling equipment, and even submarines have been fueled with this trend-setting technology that involves Air Products’ know-how, equipment and hydrogen.
Read more @ Air Products’ Hydrogen Fueling Technology to Use Landfill Gas to Power Vehicles on CNN.com
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