hydrogen-membrane-technology

[Music plays and animation images move through of a factory, two windmills, solar panels on a house roof, a battery, a hydrogen molecule and lots of hydrogen molecules and text appears: Hydrogen]

 

Narrator: Our energy system is evolving and one of the sustainable solutions that can keep us powering ahead is hydrogen, the most abundant element in the universe.

 

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But hydrogen is difficult to store and transport. Ammonia contains 70% more hydrogen per volume than liquid hydrogen.

 

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It’s also an inexpensive and efficient way to store and transport hydrogen.

 

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Researchers at the CSIRO can now separate high purity hydrogen from the nitrogen in ammonia.

 

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The ammonia molecule can be decomposed into a mixture of nitrogen and hydrogen gas.

 

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Using CSIRO’s metal membrane technology, the hydrogen is then extracted at ultra high purity right where it is needed and can then be dispensed into fuel cell cars, buses and even trucks.

 

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This could enable large scale, renewable hydrogen production for use in Australia and all over the world.

 

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CSIRO is investing in research that will help ensure hydrogen has a role to play in our energy future.

 

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