Hydrogen retro fit and semi retro fit diesel motors

[lvmci]

First Nikola HYLA hydrogen station opens in Ontario, California
March 28, 2024 0 By JULIE CAMPBELL
The refueling facility has marked an important new stage in the company’s H2 strategy.
Through its HYLA brand, Nikola Corporation recently celebrated the opening of its first hydrogen station, a high-pressure modular refueling facility in Ontario, a city in Southern California.

And in Canada:

EV maker Nikola Corp (NASDAQ:NKLA) said on Wednesday that a unit of the company collaborated with players, including trucker rest stop Blackjacks Roadhouse, to unveil the first commercial hydrogen fueling station in Alberta, Canada.

What Happened: The HYLA fueling station is part of Nikola’s aim to develop fueling infrastructure while simultaneously scaling hydrogen-powered vehicles. It will be situated along a busy highway in Leduc County, with about 96,000 vehicles passing by the truck stop daily...

[lvmci]

EcoNews
The Strangest engine in history from WWII
by S Garcia 04 12 2024
...How this engine has been revived: it’s now hydrogen-powered and could be used in cars
The California-based company Achates Power was tasked with modifying this World War II engine to run on hydrogen fuel. They did so precisely to demonstrate that we not only need to create new prototypes but also to research and improve the ones we already have.

Achates Power, founded in 2004, specializes in the development of internal combustion engines with two opposed pistons. Their goal is to improve engine efficiency to reduce polluting emissions, which is what interests us in this context.

The engineers at Achates Power took the old Junkers engine and modified it to run on hydrogen instead of traditional fossil fuels. They made changes to the injection system, lubrication, and other parts to adapt it to hydrogen.

Tests showed that the engine can operate stably and reliably on hydrogen. It reached a maximum power output of 135 horsepower, similar to that of the original engine. However, emissions of polluting gases were practically nonexistent, meeting the strictest standards...

[lvmci]

Hydrogen fuel news
IN A SIGNIFICANT MOVE
TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS,
ANNOUNCED THAT IT HAS
RECEIVED ORDERS FOR 7O EC
MOVE HD HYDROGEN FUEL
CELL ENGINES.

THE INCREASING ACCEPTANCE OF
FUEL CELL BUSES IN EUROPE AND THE
BENEFITS THEY OFFER, INCLUDING
LONG RANGE, FAST REFUELING, AND
SCALABLE INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE ENGINES WILL BE USED TO
POWER BOTH SINGLE- AND
DOUBLE-DECKER BUSES,
PRIMARILY IN THE UK AND
GERMANY, HIGHLIGHTING A
GROWING TREND IN EUROPEAN
TRANSIT SYSTEMS TOWARDS
DECARBONIZATION.
THIS ORDER MARKS A
PIVOTAL STEP IN THE
DEPLOYMENT OF HYDROGEN-
POWERED BUSES ACROSS
THE UK AND EUROPE, WITH
DELIVERIES EXPECTED IN
2024 AND THE BUSES
SLATED TO ENTER SERVICE BY.
2025.

[lvmci]

Hydrogen fuel news
Hydrogen fuel cells get more efficient from a dose of caffeine too
April 22, 2024 0 By JULIE CAMPBELL
People aren’t the only ones whose performance can benefit from being caffeinated
New research has shown that by adding caffeine to hydrogen fuel cells, efficiency can improve, reducing the need for platinum in their electrodes.

When less platinum is required to produce efficient hydrogen fuel cells, the cost associated with making them is significantly reduced, said Japanese researchers.  In fact, the requirement for rare metals is among the to challenges faced in the effort to keep the cost of using H2 within an affordable range.

Researchers from the Chiba University Graduate School of Engineering in Japan say that they have found that one key to reducing the amount of platinum needed in electrodes is to add caffeine. The units become more efficient and therefore less expensive.

[lvmci]

Hydrogen fuel news
FIRST ELEMENT FUEL HAS
INAUGURATED THE WORLD'S
FIRST HIGH-FLOW HYDROGEN
FUELING STATION FOR HEAVY-
DUTY TRUCKS IN OAKLAND
CALIFORNIA, SET TO PUBLICLYS
OPEN IN MAY.

THIS PIONEERING STATION CAN
DISPENSE LIQUID HYDROGEN AT
700 BAR, FUELING 200 TRUCKS
DAILY IN UNDER 10 MINUTES  with CAPACITY UNMATCHED in
California.
HYUNDAI IS COLLABORATINS
WITH FIRSTELEMENT FUEL,
UTILIZING THE STATION FOR
ITS 30 XCIENT FUEL CELL
TRUCKS OPERATING AT THE"
PORT OF OAKLAND.

THE INITIATIVE IS PART OF A
BROADER EFFORT TO REDUCE
CO2 EMISSIONS AND DIESEL
USAGE, SHOWCASING
HYDROGEN'S POTENTIAL IN
SUSTAINABLE HEAVY
TRANSPORT...

[Jim Blackwood]

And somehow Joe will find a way to F*** it up. Can you just imagine a big gush of liquid hydrogen spewing out before the cutoff shuts it down? (or how about if the cutoff fails) Can you say Epic?

Jim

[lvmci]

...THE WORLD'S INAUGURAL
LARGE-SCALE HYDROGEN
FUELING STATION FOR HEAVY DUTY
DUTY COMMERCIAL TRUCKS,
NEAR THE PORT OF OAKLAND,
BY FIRST ELEMENT FUELS,
THIS STATION CAN
SERVICE UP TO 200 TRUCKS.
DAILY, OFFERING REFILLS IN AS
LITTLE AS TEN MINUTES....
HYDROGEN FUEL NEWS

[Jim Blackwood]

Not self service I reckon.

[lvmci]

Hydrogen fuel news
CALIFORNIA HAS LAUNCHED
THE UNITED STATES FIRST
LARGE-SCALE HYDROGEN
FUELING STATION TAILORED FOR
BIG RIGS.
THIS PIONEERING STATION
MARKS A SIGNIFICANT
MILESTONE IN THE PUSH
TOWARDS GREENER
COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION.
IT AIMS TO REDUCE
EMISSIONS BY SUPPORTING
THE SHIFT OF FREIGHT
TRANSPORT TO HYDROGEN
FUEL...
THIS DEVELOPMENT PAVES
THE WAY FOR A NATIONWIDE
ADOPTION OF CLEANER FUEL
ALTERNATIVES FOR HEAVY-
DUTY TRUCKS.

[lvmci]

Inside Toyota's Hydrogen Development
Center! 1.2 Megawatt Dyno, Trigen Launch
& Fuel Cell Generator
AgO
Jordan is at the grand opening of the TriGen
facility by FuelCell Energy and Toyota, learning
how it created hydrogen, electricity, and water for
use at the Port of Long Beach. He also gets a look
inside the Toyota Hydrogen HQ (H2 HQ) to see
how their hydrogen vehicles are developed.

https://youtu.be/gkeRXi3VISk?si=QMQi0sf2F7iEFc2v

[lvmci]

Hydrogen fuel news
HONDA HAS REVEALED ITS HYDROGEN FUEL-CELL- POWERED CLASS 8 TRUCK CONCEPT AIMED AT REVOLUTIONIZING THE FUTURE OF HEAVY-DUTY TRANSPORTATION.
THIS INNOVATIVE TRUCK IS DESIGNED TO OFFER ZERO- EMISSION SOLUTIONS WHILE MAINTAINNG THE PERFORMANCE NEEDED FOR LONG-HAUL TRANSPORT.
THE CONGEPT TRUCK LEVERAGES HONDA'S ADVANCED FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGY, PROVIDING A SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE TO DIESEL ENGINES.
 WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT HONDA AIMS TO ADDRESS BOTH ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS AND THE OPERATIONAL NEEDS OF LOGISTICS COMPANIES.
THE TRUCK IS PART OF HONDA'S BROADER STRATEGY TO EXPAND ITS CLEAN ENERGY VEHICLE LINEUP.

[freds]

Dang is this thread never going to die LOL?

Hydrogen is going to be an extremely tiny market for decades to come. It might become generally available in regions where the discovery of gold hydrogen trapped underground or after the world has a surplus of renewable energy where the the surplus can be diverted to producing hydrogen.

There used to be SciFy trope about beaming power from solar in space. But ground based solar/wind has killed that as any viable solution.

[lvmci]

Well, the importance of the direction the major engine manufacturers are going, to replace 18 wheelers diesel with hydrogen power, even retro fitting older engine compartments of 18 wheelers or even refitting diesel engines to hydrogen power as has been done with CNG fuel,  is a way some of us, bus conversion busnuts, may be able to make our busses live a longer life. As opposed to donating our beauties to a new division of the bus museums, the bus conversion section of the bus museums.

[freds]

In that case I think the most viable option is: https://www.edisonmotors.ca/

They also have a YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@EdisonMotors

Well, the importance of the direction the major engine manufacturers are going, to replace 18 wheelers diesel with hydrogen power, even retro fitting older engine compartments of 18 wheelers or even refitting diesel engines to hydrogen power as has been done with CNG fuel,  is a way some of us, bus conversion busnuts, may be able to make our busses live a longer life. As opposed to donating our beauties to a new division of the bus museums, the bus conversion section of the bus museums.

[luvrbus]

I saw a  Cummins Hydrogen powered trash truck being delivered to Vegas the other day,I am guessing they have Hydrogen stations to refill with in Vegas.I see the BNSF trains some with Cat engines running 25% Hydrogen looks like Chevron is involved by the signage on the engines ,it maybe the fuel of the future who knows, I don't believe electric is answer my power bill has doubled in the last 2 years