Horizon Hydrofill Hydrogen Refueling and Storage Solution

[CES 2010] We published about Horizon Hydrofill, when it was announced prior to CES on Jan. 4th, and we got a chance to see the device at the show. Hydrofill is a major fuel cell innovation, allowing everyone to have a personal hydrogen generator and portable hydrogen cartridges. The Hydrofill system basically extracts hydrogen from water using electrolysis, and store it in the Hydrostick solid hydrogen cartridges. 60 W DC power is enoufght to extract 10 liters of Hydrogen per hour and fill one of the Hydrostick cartrigdge.Using the cartridge, you can charge your cellphone, or laprtop or any device with USB connector. According to Horizon, the metal hydride alloys contained in the cartridge absorb hydrogen into their crystalline structure and creates the highest volumetric energy density of any form of hydrogen storage. Horrizon Hydrofill can be powered by AC power, a solar panel or a small wind turbine.


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Horizon Fuel Cell technologies will be lifting the curtains on its Hydrofill hydrogen refueling and and storage solution at the upcoming CES, making it the first personal hydrogen station in the world. This extremely small desktop device will plug into your AC, solar panel or a sufficiently small wind turbine in order to extract hydrogen from its water tank, only to store it in a solid form in small refillable cartridges for future use. This could potentially remove dependence on large-scale fueling infrastructure investments, where all the energy-gathering action happens right in the comfort of your own home. Even better is its environmental-friendly theme, and it won't blow up like those fuel cells in Terminator Salvation.


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