HYDROG

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Hydrogen as a fuel in internal combustion engines is a solution for the near future to realize zero CO2 emissions for traffic applications. The hydrogen fuelled IC engine is ready for that. The storage and production of hydrogen, and to build the necessary infrastructure, are the real shortcomings in the general use of hydrogen in IC engines. Hydrogen-burning internal combustion engines trace their roots back to some of the very earliest developments in internal combustion engine development. In 1807 Isaac de Rivas built the first hydrogen internal combustion engine, and although the design had serious flaws, it was a more than 50 years ahead of the development of gasoline internal combustion engines (Taylor 1985). When talking about hydrogen as a fuel for traffic applications, most people make the link to fuel cells. Why? Why not a more realistic link to internal combustion engines? At the moment the estimation of the number of motor vehicles is about 800 million. To replace them in a relatively short time by fuel cells is impossible. There are several reasons for converting the gasoline, diesel or natural gas engines to hydrogen fuelled internal combustion engines. loading..