A company from Japan , known as Genepax Co. Ltd., recently claimed that they have invented a new type of fuel cell system that uses water as an energy source. To the surprise and disbelief of many, including me, they demonstrated the fuel cell by using it to run a car . The fuel system is called "Water Energy System" or WES. According to Genepax, the system only needs water and air to produce energy . The system breaks the water down into its principal components, and uses the resulting Hydrogen to be used as an energy source. Now the main argument against this system is that it takes more energy to break water down than the energy you actually get from doing it. You end up actually wasting energy rather than producing it. Genepax apparently didn't listen. The "secret" of the system is the new membrane electrode assembly, which contains a material that can break down water into hydrogen and oxygen through chemical reaction. The process is said to be similar to the chemical reaction of metal hydride and water. The company further claims that the system does not produce CO2, and can produce 120W of power with one fuel cell stack, and 300W of power with a fuel cell system. They did not, however, disclose the specific details of the system. Production costs amounts to JP 2M (US4 18,522). The company believes that that can be brought down to JP 500,000 (US 4,622) in mass production, and that it can compete with residential solar cell system ...
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A company from Japan , known as Genepax Co. Ltd., recently claimed that they have invented a new type of fuel cell system that uses water as an energy source. To the surprise and disbelief of many, including me, they demonstrated the fuel cell by using it to run a car . The fuel system is called "Water Energy System" or WES. According to Genepax, the system only needs water and air to produce energy . The system breaks the water down into its principal components, and uses the resulting Hydrogen to be used as an energy source. Now the main argument against this system is that it takes more energy to break water down than the energy you actually get from doing it. You end up actually wasting energy rather than producing it. Genepax apparently didn't listen. The "secret" of the system is the new membrane electrode assembly, which contains a material that can break down water into hydrogen and oxygen through chemical reaction. The process is said to be similar to the chemical reaction of metal hydride and water. The company further claims that the system does not produce CO2, and can produce 120W of power with one fuel cell stack, and 300W of power with a fuel cell system. They did not, however, disclose the specific details of the system. Production costs amounts to JP 2M (US4 18,522). The company believes that that can be brought down to JP 500,000 (US 4,622) in mass production, and that it can compete with residential solar cell system ...