Fuel for Thought
University Opens England's Only Hydrogen Fuelling Station. The University of Birmingham will unveil the only hydrogen gas fuelling station in England on its Edgbaston campus on Thursday 17 April 2008 at 11.30am.
The Air Products Series 100 fuelling station is situated at the University's Department of Chemical Engineering where research projects are being carried out to ascertain the viability of hydrogen in transport applications as part of Birmingham's Science City hydrogen energy project.
Birmingham engineers will be comparing five hydrogen powered vehicles with the University's own fleet of petrol, diesel and pure 'electric' vehicles so that they can learn more about their efficiency and performance. The researchers will determine how these vehicles need to be adapted in order to make hydrogen an attractive and cost effective option as a future fuel.
As a direct result of this research it is hoped that the public sector will start to buy into these new technologies, providing support to companies in the supply chain who are moving from the technology demonstration phase into the early stages of commercialisation.
The Series 100 station has been specially designed by Air Products, a leading producer and supplier of hydrogen with over 50 years experience in hydrogen applications, to meet the fuelling needs of the first hydrogen vehicles to appear on the roads. The fueller comprises an integrated compression, hydrogen storage and dispensing system, and is optimised to fuel up to approximately six vehicles per day. Minimal onsite utilities are required for the fueller, which can be easily moved from site to site, making it ideal for hydrogen fuelling start up stations.
Professor Kevin Kendall, lead investigator from the University's Department of Chemical Engineering, says, 'We are delighted to be the home of England's only hydrogen gas filling station. It is absolutely necessary that we have the means to refuel our fleet of hydrogen powered cars so that we can carry out our research project into the feasibility of hydrogen in a transport context.'
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I’m not disagreeing with the facts, and I’m not arguing in favor of the war or the surge. I was pointing out that it doesn’t make sense to highlight a single day when we should be looking at the trend of the surge.
“The BIG cat who likes getting wet and wild”…I dont know about that. That tiger looks pretty ***** when he’s under the water.
“Tragically, within our lifetimes, zoos might be the only places left to see these magnificent animals.”Not that I condone extinction, but would you want to see this animal outside of a zoo?
well we have a proverb in Hindi “Bheegi billi” == in English “wet cat” … which means coward person … i hope this tiger has not become one lyk that becoz tiger always symbolize for bravery here in India.. if ur talking abut Bengal(Indian) tiger then u shld listen to Indian’s first
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Feasibly, we could provide the energy for transportation with sources other than petroleum… or biofuels for that matter.