Yep the us sits on it's butt again

Where does the CO2 come from, SF?

The byproduct of the burning is carbon monoxide. Since carbon monoxide is poisonous, they add oxygen to it to make it CO2. Had you actually taken a moment to read the article US posted, you would not be looking quite so foolish right now.
 
LMAO.... read the article Water.... then get back to me on how smart you are.....

The hydrogen is extracted from natural gas by a device called a reformer in the same box as the fuel cell. But a byproduct of that process is poisonous carbon monoxide. So another machine in the gray box adds oxygen to the carbon monoxide to create carbon dioxide
 
SF, he gets his hydrogen from natural gas.

The fuel cell does not produce CO2.

Here, I will help you out....

"The oxygen that the fuel cell uses comes from the air. The hydrogen is extracted from natural gas by a device called a reformer in the same box as the fuel cell. But a byproduct of that process is poisonous carbon monoxide. So another machine in the gray box adds oxygen to the carbon monoxide to create carbon dioxide, which - though it contributes to global warming - is not poisonous."
 
The byproduct of the burning is carbon monoxide. Since carbon monoxide is poisonous, they add oxygen to it to make it CO2. Had you actually taken a moment to read the article US posted, you would not be looking quite so foolish right now.

LOL!

If you had taken the time to understand it, you would not be looking so foolish right now.

In my post above, I clearly stated, the CO2 isn't produce from the fuel cell. And a fuel cell does not "burn". And the process of turning CO into CO2 is a bit more complicated than "adding a bit of Oxygen".
 
The hydrogen is extracted from natural gas by a device called a reformer in the same box as the fuel cell. But a byproduct of that process is poisonous carbon monoxide. So another machine in the gray box adds oxygen to the carbon monoxide to create carbon dioxide

So Water... what were those last three words above?
 
Here, I will help you out....

"The oxygen that the fuel cell uses comes from the air. The hydrogen is extracted from natural gas by a device called a reformer in the same box as the fuel cell. But a byproduct of that process is poisonous carbon monoxide. So another machine in the gray box adds oxygen to the carbon monoxide to create carbon dioxide, which - though it contributes to global warming - is not poisonous."

Thanks for the help.
 
The byproduct of the burning is carbon monoxide. Since carbon monoxide is poisonous, they add oxygen to it to make it CO2. Had you actually taken a moment to read the article US posted, you would not be looking quite so foolish right now.
On the anode side, hydrogen diffuses to the anode catalyst where it later dissociates into protons and electrons. The protons are conducted through the membrane to the cathode, but the electrons are forced to travel in an external circuit (supplying power) because the membrane is electrically insulating. On the cathode catalyst, oxygen molecules react with the electrons (which have traveled through the external circuit) and protons to form water — in this example, the only waste product, either liquid or vapor.

In addition to this pure hydrogen type, there are hydrocarbon fuels for fuel cells, including diesel, methanol (see: direct-methanol fuel cells) and chemical hydrides. The waste products with these types of fuel are carbon dioxide and water
[ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_cell[/ame]
 
LOL!

If you had taken the time to understand it, you would not be looking so foolish right now.

In my post above, I clearly stated, the CO2 isn't produce from the fuel cell. And a fuel cell does not "burn". And the process of turning CO into CO2 is a bit more complicated than "adding a bit of Oxygen".

It is a part of the process Water.

Side note... yes, it IS indeed that simple. Adding a molecule of Oxygen to Carbon Monoxide most certainly does create CO2.
 
So Water... what were those last three words above?

He is getting his hydrogen from a hydrocarbon, natural gas, which contains carbon. What he's basically doing is splitting off the carbon part and taking the hydrogen. The fuel cell itself doesn't do anything with carbon. Once Hydrogen becomes widespread, other options will become viable, and we won't need to extract it from natural gas.
 
It is a part of the process Water.

Side note... yes, it IS indeed that simple. Adding a molecule of Oxygen to Carbon Monoxide most certainly does create CO2.

Then do it. Get some Carbon Monoxide in a box, add "some oxygen in there", and stick your face in it, SF.
 
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He is getting his hydrogen from a hydrocarbon, natural gas, which contains carbon. What he's basically doing is splitting off the carbon part and taking the hydrogen. The fuel cell itself doesn't do anything with carbon. Once Hydrogen becomes widespread, other options will become viable, and we won't need to extract it from natural gas.

Yes water, I understand that.... but in the end.... what gas is emitted from the fuel cell?
 
Then do it. Get some Carbon Monoxide in a box, add "some oxygen in there", and stick your face in it, SF.

"So another machine in the gray box adds oxygen to the carbon monoxide to create carbon dioxide, which - though it contributes to global warming - is not poisonous."

You mean with a machine that does just that?
 
"So another machine in the gray box adds oxygen to the carbon monoxide to create carbon dioxide, which - though it contributes to global warming - is not poisonous."

You mean with a machine that does just that?

Actually the entire point of that tangeant was to get you to stick your face in a box full of carbon monoxide. Too bad. :(
 
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