Why Fuel Cells Need to Have Food Grade Waste Water Handling
A fuell cell Systems Requirement
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Manufacturers of Fuel Cells need to be aware of the context that their products are likely to be used in, from an ecological system point of view.
A solar hydrogen ecological solution to the global energy problem is becoming apparent.
This is based on community and domestic solar (Already 20% or so of energy supplied/used in developed countries) backed up by hydrogen, which, generated in excess in all places, can provide transportation converted to run on hydrogen with ubiquitous refueling points.
The conversion of swapping out the batteries in EVs will require large numbers of PEM fuel cells to be manufactured.
A side benefit of this hydrogen ecology is the circulation of water.
Water of varying quality has to be supplied to the input of generation of hydrogen.
So every hydrogen backup facility has to have a water feed, but it need not be drinking quality water.
Conversely every fuel cell has to have a “Waste” water outlet, and the quality of this water is very high, since the conversion to hydrogen and back has to have a filtration effect similar to, or even superior to distillation, the water created is very pure.
Given that there are looming drinking water shortages in many parts of the world including in “Developed” countries, fuel cell manufacturers now have a responsibility to ensure their products will not unnecessarily pollute the valuable output of drinking water, and will not unneccessarily dispose of it, in order that their products can most valuably contribute to a solar hydrogen ecology.
So the waste water outlet of the fuel cell has to be food grade.
The formal fully testable system requirement is as follows:
“The waste water outlet of the fuel cell shall dispense food grade water”
Each vehicle consuming an amount of hydrogen must be equpped with the facility to collect and store the water reconstituted from the hydrogen it consumes, as drinking water, in order that this water can be exchanged for the subsequent fill of hydrogen, to the community dispensing the hydrogen.
By that, fuel celled transportation can, and most likely will become a vital element in the war against extracted energy and all its harmful side effects, including shortage of drinking water.
