DANISH researchers believe they have answer to the im- pending fuel crisis.
After working for 18 months it is possible now, they claim, to store hydrogen in a stable way, in the form of a tablet.
This will greatly help the possibility of creating cars which can run on hydrogen alone or with a dual hydro- gen/petrol engines.
Speaking to Daily Ireland, yesterday, the day the world learned of their new technique after six months of self-imposed secrecy, one of the scientists , Dr The Johannsen, said: "Before this it would have taken about six cars to hold the hydrogen needed to drive a car 500km.
"Now it can be done with an average gas tank.
"And it is much safer than gasoline."
The reason is that the tablet is made up of ammonia ab- sorbed efficiently in sea-salt. Ammonia is produced by a combination of hydrogen with nitrogen from the surrounding air.
The new tablet, thus, contains large amounts of hydro- gen.
Whenever hydrogen is needed, ammonia is released through a catalyst which can then decompose it back to free hydrogen.
The work was carried out by the Technical University of Denmark and an international patent has also been issued.
The scientist have set up a company, Amminex A/S, to "find strategic partners" in the commercial world. Asked how close they were to making viable cars which could be run on hydrogen, Dr Johannsen told Daily Ireland: "If enough money is put into this we could have a hydrogen car within two years."
After working for 18 months it is possible now, they claim, to store hydrogen in a stable way, in the form of a tablet.
This will greatly help the possibility of creating cars which can run on hydrogen alone or with a dual hydro- gen/petrol engines.
Speaking to Daily Ireland, yesterday, the day the world learned of their new technique after six months of self-imposed secrecy, one of the scientists , Dr The Johannsen, said: "Before this it would have taken about six cars to hold the hydrogen needed to drive a car 500km.
"Now it can be done with an average gas tank.
"And it is much safer than gasoline."
The reason is that the tablet is made up of ammonia ab- sorbed efficiently in sea-salt. Ammonia is produced by a combination of hydrogen with nitrogen from the surrounding air.
The new tablet, thus, contains large amounts of hydro- gen.
Whenever hydrogen is needed, ammonia is released through a catalyst which can then decompose it back to free hydrogen.
The work was carried out by the Technical University of Denmark and an international patent has also been issued.
The scientist have set up a company, Amminex A/S, to "find strategic partners" in the commercial world. Asked how close they were to making viable cars which could be run on hydrogen, Dr Johannsen told Daily Ireland: "If enough money is put into this we could have a hydrogen car within two years."
