DriveMojo.com http://watchmojo.com/cars/blog DriveMojo.com - Covering Cars, Autos, Bikes, Industry News and Rumors - Part of Mojo Supreme Network Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:53:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 en Ohio Students Try To Make Urine into Fuel http://watchmojo.com/cars/blog/index.php/2009/07/03/ohio-students-try-to-make-urine-into-fuel/ http://watchmojo.com/cars/blog/index.php/2009/07/03/ohio-students-try-to-make-urine-into-fuel/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:04:45 +0000 veronica drivingfuelgreen carsHybridHydrogenOhio Universityresearchurine http://watchmojo.com/cars/blog/index.php/2009/07/03/ohio-students-try-to-make-urine-into-fuel/

According to EcoFriend.com

Researchers at the Ohio University are trying to solve the riddle by generating hydrogen from a cheap and readily available waste – urine. These researchers believe that electrolyzing urine for hydrogen is easy as compared to generating hydrogen from water as in urine, hydrogen molecules aren’t as tightly held as in water. The system breaks down urea at a voltage of just 0.37 volts, which is significantly less than the 1.23 volts required to split water.

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