A hydrogen fuel charger is on sale

It is not necessary to immediately imagine something like a system of something like a diesel generator and a set of gas cylinders, which will explode to fill it with hydrogen, giving it to the generator. No, of course, such a system can be built, but it is much smaller. It is even smaller than you can imagine. The company Horizon offers a portable charger, as the energy source for which hydrogen is used, the most common element in the universe.

The gadget consists of three parts, each of which is interesting in itself, and all together these elements make up a system that works according to the following algorithm: hydrogen generation — filling of fuel cells with hydrogen — transforming hydrogen into electrical energy. Where to get hydrogen? Where it is most accessible to us - in the water. The first part of the system, HydroFILL, extracts hydrogen from water by electrolysis, which we know from school - 2H20 -> 2H2 + O2
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It would seem stupid - because hydrolysis requires energy, where to take it? The developers have thought about this, having supplied HydroFILL with a solar battery. If there is a power grid next to you, then you can use a regular AC adapter, the developers have provided for it and it is - but still not so interesting, agree.

Next, hydrogen accumulates in the Hydrostiks fuel cells, which most closely resemble finger batteries, both in appearance and size. The fuel cell is filled in about an hour. In turn, Hydrostiks fuel cells are inserted into the MiniPAK charger (and, probably, in compatible gadgets that will appear in the near future - let's hope so). That's basically it. Difficult, but interesting.

True, this is not a cheap pleasure, I tell you. The HydroFILL hydrogen generator costs $ 500, the MiniPAK charger costs $ 100, and each Hydrostik costs another $ 10. Although the stock does not interfere, who knows when the energy crisis still manifests itself. In general, if you have an extra $ 650, give it to the poor you can get a potentially inexhaustible source of energy.

For comparison, a standard battery is six times inferior to a hydrogen battery in terms of energy consumption. Hydrostik is capable of accumulating 12 watt-hours of energy, but a regular AA battery is only 2 watt-hours (at best).

In general, despite the relatively high price, the device deserves our attention with you and is likely to occupy its niche.

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UPD. It turns out that the solar battery is not supplied for free, but for some 650 US dollars. So add this to the total cost of the device.