5-20 FB Hydrogen from Weeds

 Growers, we might be able to sell stubble and weeds from your fields in order to put gas in your tank…literally.

The Journal Science Daily recently reported Tomorrow's fuel-cell vehicles may be powered by enzymes that consume cellulose from woodchips or grass and exhale hydrogen. Researchers at Virginia Tech, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and the University of Georgia have produced hydrogen gas pure enough to power a fuel cell by mixing 14 enzymes, one coenzyme, cellulosic materials from nonfood sources, and water heated to about 90 degrees (32 C). Percival Zhang, assistant professor of biological systems engineering in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech spoke to me: “Hydrogen can be used for fuel cells and can also be used for internal combustion engines.” Dr. Zhang received his bachelor and master degrees in the Biochemical Engineering Department of East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China. And if you had a little trouble understanding him he said “Hydrogen can be used for fuel cells and can also be used for internal combustion engines.” Glad to have him on our team here in the good old U.S. of A.