Hydrogen is an explosive gas with a high ignition temperature and calorific value, and its safe storage and transportation involve high costs. Therefore, it is almost impossible to use hydrogen in cars, ships, generators and, in short, vehicles that consume fossil fuels such as petrol, diesel and LPG without advanced technology and high costs. Due to numerous challenges—including implementation difficulties, high costs, storage problems and the inability to use it without modifications—automotive manufacturers have tended to convert hydrogen into electricity using devices known as FUEL CELLS, rather than using it directly as a fuel in engines.
Fuel cells convert the energy of hydrogen directly into electrical energy through an electrochemical reaction. They generate electricity using an externally supplied fuel on the anode side and an oxidising agent on the cathode side. These substances react within an electrolyte/electrode unit. Generally, the reactants enter the cell while the reaction products leave it. Fuel cells can operate indefinitely as long as the required flow of fuel and oxidising agent is maintained.
Although the reactants in fuel cells are continuously consumed, electrical energy in batteries is chemically stored within a closed system. Furthermore, while the electrodes in a battery participate in reactions and change as the battery charges and discharges, fuel-cell electrodes are catalytic and relatively stable.
However, apart from the extremely high cost of Fuel Cell technology itself, there are currently major cost-related, production and implementation challenges to overcome, including the refuelling problems associated with the hydrogen used as fuel and the requirement to use the infrastructure of an electric vehicle. For these reasons, automotive manufacturers have turned to producing electric vehicles, which appear to be a simpler, more practical and less expensive alternative to HYDROGEN energy but have the potential to turn the world into a battery-waste dump over time and carry the risk of fatal fires and explosions in the event of a malfunction.
By eliminating fossil fuels from conventional internal-combustion-engine vehicles and producing next-generation HYDROMACH-fuelled engines for cars, aircraft, ships and similar vehicles through practical, low-cost modifications, the following are targeted:
THESE ARE OUR TARGETS.
