In Washington, The Spokesman-Review reported that Washington State University’s cryogenic hydrogen research center was selected to receive $4.8 million from the federal government to advance hydrogen related technologies and build a fueling station.
Coming from a pool of $62 million in grants, the funding was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy to “accelerate the research, development, demonstration, and deployment of next-generation clean hydrogen technologies,” according to the Department of Energy website.
“So what’s really neat about hydrogen – you can make it anywhere you have electricity and water,” said the WSU Hydrogen Properties for Energy Research (HYPER) lab director Jacob Leachman. “What is so, so important for humanity is that we can make hydrogen, which allows us to make clean molecules and power very large machinery … very efficiently with no carbon emissions at all.”
The report stated that about $3 million of the funds WSU received will go toward creating a device called a “multiphase continuous liquid hydrogen flow loop,” which will allow HYPER lab mechanics to visualize where and how hydrogen is boiling in a refueling component being tested.
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Category: Research
