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Hydrogen fuel technology is taking its next steps as a viable alternative fuel as one British company is developing a new hydrogen storage system.
Cella Energy, a branch from the government-supported Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, is developing a technology that allows hydrogen to be stored cheaply and practically.
The Oxford-based company, with the help of University College London and the University of Oxford, has found a way to make micro-fibres containing hydrogen at low pressure.
They contain as much hydrogen as high pressure tanks currently used and they can be poured and pumped like a liquid, making them similar to refilling at a petrol pump.
Chief executive of Cella Stephen Voller commented: “Consumers want to be able to travel 300-400 miles before they have to refuel. And when they do have to fill up they want to be able to do it as quickly as possible.”
He said that existing hydrogen storage methods “do not meet these consumer expectations” but noted that micro-fibres, which are also safer, could allow for this.
Posted by Mark Stephens
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