Australian firm pioneers hydrogen process to power steam-turbines

Australian firm pioneers hydrogen process to power steam-turbines
Star Scientific's Andrew Horvath with the prototype hydrogen conversion machine (Image: Bloomberg)
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(Bloomberg) -- A small Australian research lab tucked away in a coastal town, 70 kilometers (43 miles) north of Sydney, says it has developed a patented technology using a catalyst that can turn hydrogen and oxygen into superheated steam capable of driving a power-station turbine.“Our model works on heat from hydrogen,” said Andrew Horvath, chairman of Star Scientific Ltd. The system is “plug-and-play,” he said at the company’s research facility in the town of Berkeley Vale. “It is qu...

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