Thursday, June 13, 2013

The Army's Got a Fuel Cell That Runs on Corn Husks and Old Bullets

The Army's Got a Fuel Cell That Runs on Corn Husks and Old Bullets

The Iowa Army Ammunition Plant (IAAAP) in Middletown, Iowa has an overabundance of two things: corn waste and excess energetics—leftover explosives, propellants, pyrotechnics and such. But using a new ethanol-based fuel cell developed by nanoMaterials Discovery Corp (nMDC) will transform these waste materials into clean, cheap, electricity. Two birds, one catalytic reaction.

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Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/aH_X8aCfWjc/the-armys-got-a-fuel-cell-that-runs-on-corn-husks-and-512951843

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