- Yacht XV 1 (hydrogen)
The Yacht XV 1 is a
hydrogen sailingyacht , power-assisted by anelectric motor that gets itselectricity from afuel cell . The debut was in March 2004 [ [http://www.fuelcellsworks.com/Supppage397.html Debute march 2004] ] at Ventura harbor, (Ventura, California ).Refueling
An onboard system, 2
solar panel s 400Watt ,wind generator 90 watt [ [http://www.popsci.com/popsci/whatsnew/145e0e0796b84010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html In detail] ] , regenerative electric drive motors a reverse-osmosis watermaker [ [http://www.landfallnav.com/fuelcells.html Watermaker] ] and a deionizing filter to convert purified sea water to hydrogen fuel [ [http://www.ovonic-hydrogen.com/news/20040114.htm Onboard system] ] . When under sail the propeller is used to generate 500 watt of electricity for theelectrolysis of water .pecifications
Boat 42 foot long, 17 kg of hydrogen in a metal hydride
hydrogen tank , a 10 kW [ [http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2004/04/63163 Fuel cell] ] PEMfuel cell , radius of action 300+ miles at 8 kts on a full tank.ee also
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Hydrogen ship
*Hydrogen vehicle
*Hydrogen economy References
External links
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20050128065023/http://haveblue.com/ Haveblue (Waybackmachine)]
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