Топливные элементы. Новости минобороны США 2.

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Прошел тестирование новый   танк  Абрамс на топливных элементах.
Будет поставляться в войска.

Photo by Nevada Tumbleweed

We’ve all heard by now that the army is trying to reduce its “carbon bootprint” with everything from solar panels to hybrid aircraft. The military’s latest green initiative is to tune up their tanks with hydrogen fuel cell technology — in an ideal situation, tanks would gather hydrogen from JP-8 diesel fuel and convert it to raw electricity.

Photo by U.S. Army

Read more:  Army Testing Hydrogen Fuel Cell-Powered Tanks | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World

А этот поезд на топливных элементах  трудится на армию с 2003 года.
Самое смешное, что китайцы украли эту технологию и у них уже ездит  скоростной ТЭ поезд, на котором они установили мировой рекорд скорости.

US Army locomotive (2003)

Presentation	2003, USA; start of the five year project
Manufacturer
Technology provider
Partne
Vehicle	Retrofitted US Army diesel-electric locomotive: 109 t, 1 MW
Status	Ongoing project
Passenger capacity
Size, weight
Propulsion concept	Different fuel cell propulsion concepts are under consideration
Fuel	Hydrogen, liquid ammonia, methanol, hydrocarbon
Storage	Hera will supply metal hydride (MH) storage for hydrogen fuel
Range, consumption	Different fuel cell propulsion concepts are under consideration
Top speed, acceleration
Approval
Operation
Goals
Costs, prices	Project costs: ~ 12 million US$
Funding	U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), U.S. Army Tank-automotive & Armaments Command (TACOM), National Automotive Center (NAC), Warren, MI
Source, link	http://www.fuelcellpropulsion.org/Rail/Websites/RailProg.htm
Comments	in total 20 project partners; Management and coodination: Vehicle Projects LLC, Denver, CO among others: Intelligent Energy, London, UK - Proton exchange membrane fuelcells (PEMFC) Nuvera Fuel Cells Europe, Milan, Italy - Proton exchange membrane fuelcells (PEMFC) To-be-named solid oxide fuelcell manufacturer - Solid oxide fuelcells (SOFC) To-be-named phosphoric acid fuelcell manufacturer - Phosphoric acid fuelcells (PAFC)

US Army locomotive

One possible concept: 1.2 MW PEMFC (blue) powered locomotive with 250 kg of H2 stored in MH tanks (orange)

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[ular76.livejournal.com]

а у нас бубен шамана. спасу нет.