Green Options » Botto http://greenoptions.com/tag/botto Posts tagged 'Botto' Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:37:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Simple Device Invented in 1833 May Lead to Cheap Hydrogen http://gas2.org/2008/11/09/simple-device-invented-in-1833-may-lead-to-cheap-hydrogen/ http://gas2.org/2008/11/09/simple-device-invented-in-1833-may-lead-to-cheap-hydrogen/#comments Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:37:39 +0000 Nick Chambers http://gas2.org/2008/11/09/simple-device-invented-in-1833-may-lead-to-cheap-hydrogen/

A modern team of Italian researchers has uncovered a device invented by fellow Italian G.D. Botto in 1833 that can be used to generate hydrogen with inexpensive, everyday parts. By reflecting sunlight from two parabolic mirrors onto a hollow tube wrapped in metal and filled with water, the device generates enough electricity to produce hydrogen through electrolysis. Theoretically, the device is so simple that anybody could build it in their garage.

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