Uber Cool from a town very close to where I live...

[pax]

http://nb.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=nb_inventor040119

I gotta try this sometime...

 

[Geeforcer]

Interesting...

BTW if anyone is wants to look it over, USP #s are 6,638,493 and 6,506,360

 

[elroy]

Very, very cool. 8)

 

[nelg]

I am saving my cans as of right now.

 

[kyleb]

i don't get what the big deal is, we made 2 liter bombs all the time when i was a kid.

 

[covermye]

Oh yeah. I happenned to *ahem* witness a couple of 2 liter bombs myself when I was younger. A little more amusing application of gas production from metal and acid than this, but not quite as productive. What makes this a "big deal" is that it's a potential win-win situation for recyclers AND fuel cell producers, and it's on just a little bit larger scale than a 2 liter bomb.

BTW, I did know a guy in high school that went almost totally blind in 1 eye when he didn't get rid of the 2 liter bottle fast enough once and it blew up all over one side of his face. Something to think about, for you kids that wanna try this at home. Improvised munitions SEAL style are much safer... and more fun (I heard anyway).

 

[MfA]

How energy efficient is producing aluminium from aluminium-oxide BTW?

 

[Simon F]

How energy efficient is producing aluminium from aluminium-oxide BTW?

Presumably it's quite expensive given that (in Aus, IIRC) the aluminium smelters are often located near places with Hydroelectric power.

 

[Razor04]

How energy efficient is producing aluminium from aluminium-oxide BTW?

We have a couple Aluminum plants around here too, and both are near power sources. One is close to a Nuclear Plant and the other is close to a Hydro Plant. It takes a ton of energy to refine it. So my whole problem with this thing is the Aluminum. What is the difference whether you pollute at the car or at the power plant? True there is a difference if the power plant is clean...but lets face reality...how many are?

 

[Snyder]

How energy efficient is producing aluminium from aluminium-oxide BTW?

Sadly quite expensive. To get 1 (metric) ton of aluminium from aluminiumoxide you need about 4-5 (metric) tons of Bauxite, 550kgs of coal electrodes and about 14000kWh of electricity, at least in the conventional methods currently used. (IIRC)

 

[Simon F]

I did once hear (so take this with the usual grain of NaCl) that to produce 1 aluminium drinks can requires 1kg of oxygen.

 

[Razor04]

I did once hear (so take this with the usual grain of NaCl) that to produce 1 aluminium drinks can requires 1kg of oxygen.

I have class in a little bit, but when I get back I will type up a short passage from a book describing the sheer amount of waste involved in the production of Aluminum Soda Cans if anyone is interested.

 

[Blade]

So, now I can finally be just like Doc Brown and use cans for fuel? Yay.

 

[MfA]

My previous question wasnt a very good one, I know aluminium production takes a lot of energy ... but aluminum is quite reactive so it potentially stores a lot too.

I wonder how much net energy you have to put into al-ox to turn it into aluminium can be recovered through the proposed process (Im assuming using the recycled al-ox will be more efficient than using bauxite.)