Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe, but traditional methods of producing it in its pure form are dirty. And more environmentally friendly processes are costly.
But a New Berlin firm is fine-tuning a way to make it cheaper and “greener.”
“Hydrogen is important in everyday life, whether in creating the plastics that go into our kitchenware or phones, to the food we eat and the metals we work with,” says Chad Mason, founder of Advanced Ionics. “Right now, hydrogen production comes almost entirely from the cracking of methane molecules, which produces carbon dioxide emissions as a byproduct and contributes to climate change.”
But hydrogen also can be made from water, and Advanced Ionics’ efficient water vapor electrolyzers help reduce the cost and electricity requirements by harnessing heat from standard industrial processes.
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