Hydrogen from Seaweed

Hydrogen from Seaweed. 

Ideal application for the HOX-He Mobile Unit.

 Hydrogen + Oxygen fueled Heat Engine

New, clean heat source that easily retrofits into all of Puerto Rico's existing steam turbine electrical generators.

Hydrogen combustion in pure Oxygen produces only recoverable water, H2O.
NO CO2 or HARMFUL POLLUTING nitrogen oxides. NOx.

Uses Hydrogen on Demand.

Totally eliminates difficult Hydrogen Transportation and Storage.

Could Puerto Rico produce all it's electrical needs from Sargasso Seaweed?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

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Stanford researchers resolve major obstacle for generating hydrogen fuel from seawater.

Researchers resolve issues with excessive corrosion at Cathode.

 

 

Puerto Rico's Electrical Grid 

 Puerto Rico's Electrical Plants are all located on the coast, making Sargasso Seaweed in a Seawater Electrolyte an ideal biomass for producing Hydrogen and Oxygen by Microbial Electrolysis Cells.

 

 

 

 

Hydrogen from any Biomass

The resulting Hydrogen and Oxygen could be used with the Mobile HOX-He units, retrofitted to provide the steam required to power all of Puerto Rico's thermal power plants.Their existing Coal and Oil furnaces could even be left intact

The HOX-He Mobile Unit.

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Hydrogen from any Biomass

Hydrogen can be Produced by Microbial Electrolysis Cell using any Biomass from Human wastewater to Sargasso Seaweed and Saltwater Electrolyte.

A Global Imperative

Producing HYDROGEN from Human Waste Water 

Microbial Electrolysis Cell (MEC) and Microbial Electrolytic Carbon Capture (MECC) are already producing 2% of the world's industrial Hydrogen from Human Wastewater.

Both MEC and MECC achieve an efficiency of NET POSITIVE Energy Production of 144%. Remarkably, MECC is also a process that has the potential to substantially contribute to the furthering of sustainable energy practices. 

MECC results in an actual NET NEGATIVE Carbon Emission from wastewater treatment by removal of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted during the treatment process in the form of calcite (CaCO3), a widely used industrial material and production of profitable Hydrogen gas.

 Undoubtedly Hydrogen from Waste Water is the real goal. 

However, while waste water contains toxic pathogens, Fermenting Sargasso contains the same microbes as the Human Intestines and foods like Kimchi. Sargasso can easily serve as a excellent benign biomass substitute for many coastal Electrical Plant retrofits.

The Many Uses for Fermented Sargassum.

Fertilizer, Animal & Fish Foodstock, Cosmetics and Pharmaceuticals.

 

ATTENTION CARIBBEAN AREA!

A New and Urgent Sargasso Challenge.

A vast NEW Bloom of Sargassum presents both a significant threat and opportunity for the entire Caribbean Region.

Can Hydrogen from Sargasso be the right solution at the right time?

A completely New Sargassum bloom has recently become a major threat for the entire Caribbean basin.   

For millennia a large Sargasso bloom existed in the north Atlantic. It was first recorded by Christopher Columbus on his initial voyage in 1492. Circular ocean currents normally keep the large mass in a permanent location. 

Existing and New Sargassum Blooms

Recently an entirely new bloom has formed in the equatorial Atlantic off the coast of South America. Scientists believe that this immense new bloom is the result of nutrients from nitrogen fertilizers washing down from the Amazon and Orinoco river basins. This new source is primarily due to vastly increased agricultural activity in these upriver regions. A similar bloom has recently appeared in the Gulf of Mexico, also due to the increase of agricultural nutrients entering into the Gulf from the Mississippi River. The trend in recent years has been only upward and is currently reaching unprecedented levels. 

 

Sargasso is also a valued marine environment and serves as a protective nursery for many types of fish species. It’s against international covenant to harvest Sargasso in the open sea. Only the Sargasso reaching the beaches can be removed. Large unsightly mounds of sargasso has already undoubtedly affected tourism, the major economic driver in the region. Decaying Sargasso on pristine Caribbean beaches can create noxious fumes that have negative health effects on humans. 

New York Times, April 21, 2023. New Sargassum Bloom reaches unprecedented levels.

At the same time, several start up firms are trying to adapt Sargasso to commercial products that include, fertilizer, animal and fish feed, cosmetics, nutritional supplements and medicines. In Mexico they are used to make dried compacted bricks for building materials.

Using fermented sargasso in seawater electrolyte to produce hydrogen would be an ingenious solution to a serious threat.