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  • ...lopment of [[technology]], [[Transmission (mechanics)|Transmission]] and [[storage]] [[system]]s have been of immense interest to technologists and [[technolo ...hing mass uphill with ([[windmill]] pumps) is one possible means of energy storage.
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  • ...erials developments. Some examples include [[alnico]] and the [[hydrogen]] storage materials in [[nickel metal hydride]] batteries. {{nickel}}<sub>3</sub>{{a
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  • ...[power (physics)|power]] for locomotion. These vehicles generally use the hydrogen in one of two methods: [[combustion]] or [[fuel-cell]] conversion: * In combustion, the hydrogen is "burned" in engines in fundamentally the same method as traditional gaso
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  • ...r derived from [[fossil fuels]]; however, there are several types, such as hydrogen fuel (for [[automotive]] uses), which are also categorized as a liquid fuel ...n [[molecules]] forming [[aliphatic compound]]s, or chains of carbons with hydrogen atoms attached. However, many [[aromatic compound]]s (carbon chains formin
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  • ...tric efficiency is still roughly five times lower than petrol. This is why hydrogen must be compressed if there is to be a useful amount of stored energy. ...troleum Gas]], [[Vapourized Petroleum Gas]], [[Compressed Natural Gas]], [[hydrogen]], [[diesel fuel]], [[JP18]] (jet fuel), [[landfill gas]], [[biodiesel]], [
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  • ...both an on-board rechargeable energy storage system ([[rechargeable energy storage system|RESS]]) and a fueled propulsion power source: [[hybrid vehicle]] ...gile, sensitive to contamination, and require external reactants such as [[hydrogen]]. Batteries require highly refined and unstable chemicals that could be h
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  • ...[[peanut oil]], [[ethanol]], [[methanol]] (methyl or wood alcohol), and [[hydrogen peroxide]]. Engines that use gases for fuel are called gas engines and thos ...tric efficiency is still roughly five times lower than petrol. This is why hydrogen must be compressed if there is to be a useful amount of stored energy.
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  • ...h an electric spark exploded a mixture of [[Earth's atmosphere|air]] and [[hydrogen]], firing a cork from the end of the gun. ...aac de Rivaz]] built an internal combustion engine powered by a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen.
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  • ...PG or Hydrogen fuel systems. Hybrid petrol/electric type vehicles require storage space for battery packs. Removing the provision of a spare wheel in the de
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  • ...and [[thiophene]]s. Some contaminants, in particular [[mercaptans]] and [[hydrogen sulfide]] must be removed because they cause corrosion in engines. ...volatile]] (meaning it readily [[evaporation|evaporates]]), requiring that storage tanks on land and in vehicles be properly sealed. But the high volatility a
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  • ...gile, sensitive to contamination, and require external reactants such as [[hydrogen]]. Batteries require highly refined and unstable chemicals that could be h There have been a number of experiments using [[flywheel energy storage]] in electric vehicles. The [[flywheel]]s store energy as rotation, which
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  • ...ybrid vehicle''' (HV) is a vehicle using an on-board [[rechargeable energy storage system]] (RESS) and a fuelled power source for vehicle [[propulsion]]. The ...oils have also seen occasional use. A number of other hybrid vehicles use hydrogen fuel.
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  • ...ctric hybrid vehicles]] make use of both an on-board [[rechargeable energy storage system]] (RESS) and a fueled power source for vehicle [[Ground propulsion|p ...l, with the electric power supplemented by [[diesel]], [[biodiesel]], or [[hydrogen]]. The Electric Power Research Institute's research indicates a lower total
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  • ...d steam car. In 1826 [[Samuel Brown (engineer)|Samuel Brown]] tested his [[hydrogen]]-fuelled [[internal combustion engine]] by using it to propel a vehicle up Belgian-born [[Etienne Lenoir]]'s [[Hippomobile]] with a [[hydrogen gas]]-fuelled one-cylinder internal combustion engine made a test drive fro
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  • ...e]] has been used to study the role of transport, deposition, [[sediment]] storage, burial times, and erosion on 10<sup>5</sup> to 10<sup>6</sup> year time sc * AlH is produced when aluminium is heated at 1500 °C in an atmosphere of [[hydrogen]].
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  • ...he world's first vehicle to run on such an engine that used a mixture of [[hydrogen]] and [[oxygen]] to generate [[energy]]. The design was not very successful [[Image:TOYOTA FCHV 01.jpg|thumb|250px|The hydrogen powered FCHV (Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle) was developed by [[Toyota]] in 2005
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