Extracting hydrogen from water and using it as fuel is the direction of scientists' efforts for many years, especially when the shortage of fossil fuels such as oil is becoming increasingly prominent, the significance of this research has attracted many people's attention.
As early as 2008, a Japanese company named Genepax developed a car that was completely fueled by water and air. This car uses a technology called membrane electrode assembly, which decomposes water into hydrogen and oxygen, thus pushing the car forward, and the whole process does not produce any pollution gas.
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Genepax announced its newly developed model in Osaka on June 2, 2008. This kind of car only needs 1l water to run for an hour at 80km/h, rain, river water and sea water can be used.
"As long as you have a bottle of water in your hand, it can run," said Ito, CEO of Genepax. Pingze said.
Genepax explained that they used a new fuel cell system technology called "water energy system".
Water as fuel, no carbon dioxide emissions. The system supplies external water and air to the fuel cell and the air electrode respectively, thereby generating electricity.
At the press conference held in Osaka Hall on June 12, the company said that the basic power generation principle of the system is similar to that of ordinary hydrogen fuel cells. When water is injected into the water tank at the rear of the car, the generator inside will decompose the water and use it to generate electricity.
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