Originally published February 8 2006
Beverly Hills inventor seeks federal funding for hydrogen tanks to be used in backyard refueling station
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Beverly Hills inventor Bob DeCuir is seeking a $600,000 grant, from a $1.3-billion fund established by the federal government, in order to purchase machinery that he will use to make tanks to store hydrogen gas -- which he has been producing through a solar array -- as part of his proposed invention: Backyard hydrogen refueling stations.
A Beverly Hills man wants to build storage tanks to serve as fueling stations for hydrogen cell cars.
BEVERLY HILLS - An inventor working on hydrogen storage systems designed to be backyard fueling stations for hydrogen cell cars has applied for a federal Department of Energy grant to start producing the tanks.
Bob DeCuir is seeking a $600,000 grant from a $1.3-billion fund established by the federal government to use hydrogen fuel cells to power cars.
These cars use hydrogen in a tank and oxygen from the outside to power a fuel cell for electrical energy to run the motor.
What he's seeking now is a safe way to store the gas in high-pressure tanks that will be 6 feet long and 2 feet in diameter.
One tank would supply the normal requirements of two hydrogen cell vehicles, he said.
He said he recently enlisted the assistance of a research group headed by NASA to solve a high-pressure connection problem that had baffled him.
With the connection problem solved (he won't divulge too much, saying it's a trade secret), DeCuir finished a business plan and applied for the grant from the Energy Department.
These will be high-pressure Kevlar fiber storage systems, with about 10,000 pounds of storage pressure.
A byproduct of his research is that he is able to generate enough electricity from his hydrogen unit to supply most of the electrical needs of his house.
He said Florida is lagging behind in hydrogen fuel research.
"They were nice and said they'd support me, so I should be getting letters from them soon," he said.
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