applications

Electric bicycle

In a fuel cell the hydrogen is recombined with the oxygen present in the air: the result of this process is water vapour and electrical current.

The hydrogen is stored in a small tank of metal hydride, a metallic powder that acts like a sponge: it absorbs up to 650 times its own volume of hydrogen, contains and releases it at very low pressure (about 5 bar static pressure ah 25 bars of issue). This system is absolutely safe.

With 300 litres of hydrogen (half litre metal hydride tank) for example, the bike in the picture can go for 50 Km at the legal speed of 25 Km/h.

The bike can be recharged at home in a few minutes and for a few cents.