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Fifty
Years Ago: On November 1, 1952, the United
States produced the first hydrogen fusion detonation.
Today, ambitious research across the
wide spectrum of peaceful uses of hydrogen is revealing incredible promise for the future
of humankind. |
 Hydrogen in History
The Era of the German Hydrogen War Zeppelins
 The
Zeppelins
The Development of the Airship,
with the Story of the Zepplins Air Raids
in the World War
by
GERMAN CAPTAIN Ernst A. Lehmann |
Zeppelin
Sails Through the Skies Again
New York Times November 18, 2001
A Zeppelin for the 21st Century - Scientific
American
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HYDROGEN IN HISTORY
Storing Wind Power
From 1891 to his death in 1908 Poul la Cour systematically researched
how wind power could support his social vision. The biggest problem was storing wind power
from the stormy days to the days with no wind. When he came up with the idea to solve this
problem he asked the Finance Committee of the Danish Parliament for money to build the
test turbine at Askov. In 1891 the test turbine was ready and the tests started.
By using the energy of the wind, the movement of the blades |
| The electrolysis
basement below the wind turbine building at Askov around 1900. The basement had 10
electrolysis tubs. The electricity for the electrolysis came from direct current dynamos
which were driven by the wind turbine. On windy days up to 1000 litres of hydrogen and 500
litres of oxygen were produced per hour. |
should drive a dynamo which then
produced electricity. The electricity was led into a tub of water where it split the water
into the gasses oxygen and hydrogen and the gasses were then separately collected in
tanks. |
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At first, la Cour used the
gasses for lighting e.g. Askov Folk High School but later on he discovered that the gasses
could also be used for autogenous welding and for a time he was a leader in this field.
All of his life, Poul la Cour discovered new ways to store energy as he
thought accumulators were too expensive. The test turbine was used to make soda lye,
calcium |
| The first test turbine from 1891.
The cratostat and the water separation unit were developed in the wooden shed. |
carbide and fertilizer. But he
finally concluded that the most realistic |
solution was a small
accumulator battery that could store one day’s electricity consumption. A
farm wind turbine could only be used for threshing on windy days and all labour on the
farm involving the wind turbine would have to be planned according to the weather.
If a large wind turbine was installed at an electricity plant, it was
equipped with a backup engine running on petrol or gas. He received money to build a new
wind turbine in 1897 and after some years this prototype was used at Askov electricity
plant. For thirty years the turbine produced electricity with a very moderate consumption
of backup power.
-- Courtesy of the Poul la Cour Museum in Vejen, Denmark. |
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