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This is a video of a 1 megawatt Fuel Cell Power Plant at California State University, Northridge, in Los Angeles, CA. The power plant has a reformer that separates hydrogen from natural gas and then feeds the hydrogen into a fuel cell, generating electricity. The plant also recovers the heat generated and uses it for domestic heating on campus. In the future, some of the carbon emitted will be sequestered in a sub-tropical rainforest that is under construction. While at present this power plant still uses fossil fuels (the natural gas is needed in order to extract the hydrogen from it), in the future the hydrogen will be generated either from landfill gas, or else it will be electrolyzed using wind, solar, geothermal, wave or hydroelectric energy. What is most important and exciting about this plant is the fact that it is using fuel cells--touted to be the future of electricity generation--today, and they are working seamlessly on a large scale. For more information, go to andyposner.org/videofuelcell

Channel: People & Blogs
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: peacefulloflove

Length: 07:30
Rating: 4.37
Views: 50765

Tags: alternative  Cell  energy  Fuel  gas  global  hydrogen  natural  plant  power  warming  

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jlm993 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I was wondering if the 700 degree heat being generated could be used to gererate steam to run a small turbine (like a tradional coal powered plant), thus producing more power. The left over heat then can be captured for heating water and other heating systms?
Darkfoster22 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
"Hydrocarbons" +@2:46 open your Xxxing ears "Most of the Exhaust that comes out is Co2" Whos the idiot now.
HiyoruMikiyazoya (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
You're a dolt. Hydrogen can't create CO2. Do you see an H in CO2? No, because it's carbon and oxygen
FortoneND (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
There's also biogas, which is what Mr. Sullivan is also talking about of a methane similar source.
mulukchuwen (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
It's a wonder if your avg "home-owner" even knows what he's buying into? wait a minute. don't answer that.
kerpal2343 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Steam reforming He mentioned that heat, and g, if he just dumped some water in there, it may just prove to be some interesting results: Commercial bulk hydrogen is usually produced by the steam reforming of natural gas. At high temperatures (700--1100 °C), steam (H2O) reacts with methane (CH4) to yield syngas. CH4 + H2O → CO + 3 H2 - 191.7 kJ/mol I'm not sure what temp H20 turns to HH O but I believe I've heard about 800..
Darkfoster22 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Y its many years from now? We need better ways of getting lots of Hydrogen.Y? 99% of hydrogen we get today produce Co2.So whats the point.There looking for ways to produce Hydrogen with out free up Co2.
winvistainfo (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
There is no such thing as free energy. You can make hydrogen from water - but that electricity needs to come from somewhere. You can't produce hydrogen with electricity to use to make electricity. Actually, you can, but only at 40% efficiency, which is a complete waste and pointless.
owtzzz (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
no good. we want to get away from fossel fuels not embrace it.
owtzzz (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Chernobyl could never happen on a Western reactor. ? you kidding andyplace. you think god owns the nuclear power plants in the west:)/ accidents are not limited to communist countries. It's wild that these guys could make such use of hydrogen but cannot plice the tape or narrate it outside the plant without the racket. ;PLEASE give us some credit.

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