HyperSolar Completes Proof of Concept Prototype that Successfully Produces Renewable Hydrogen

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[font face=Serif][font size=5]HyperSolar Completes Proof of Concept Prototype that Successfully Produces Renewable Hydrogen[/font]

[font size=4]Company combines its unique, low-cost polymer coating with a small-scale solar device to form a self-contained particle that separates hydrogen from water using only the power of the Sun[/font]

[font size=3]SANTA BARBARA, CA – May 22, 2012 - HyperSolar, Inc. (OTCBB: HYSR), the developer of a breakthrough technology to produce renewable hydrogen using sunlight and any source of water, today announced that its first proof of concept prototype is successfully producing renewable hydrogen. By integrating its unique, low-cost polymer coating with a small-scale solar device to form a self-contained particle, the company has proven the scientific validity of its breakthrough technology.

“Using our self-contained particle in a low cost plastic bag, we have successfully demonstrated our ability to mimic photosynthesis to produce renewable hydrogen from virtually any source of water using the power of the Sun,” commented Tim Young, CEO of HyperSolar. “Unlike approaches taken by others in the past, our small scale solar devices actually float in the water. Our next step is to complete the development of our nanoparticles, extremely small solar devices, optimized to significantly reduce the cost of separating hydrogen from water.”

A video showing the proof of concept prototype is available at the company’s website, www.hypersolar.com. It features the self-contained particle floating in a common baggy filled with wastewater from a pulp and paper mill. The video clearly shows hydrogen bubbles being generated in the small baggy. The company’s next prototype will feature nanoparticles, which can be mass-produced at a low cost and can float freely in large scale bag systems to generate large quantities of renewable hydrogen, the cleanest and greenest of all fuels, using only sunlight and water.

Young concluded, “We believe we are on the right track to produce the lowest cost renewable hydrogen. Most hydrogen used today is not renewable and not very clean because it is produced from finite hydrocarbon sources, such as oil, coal and natural gas. Renewable hydrogen produced from nearly infinite sources of water and sunlight, is clean and carbon free. The worldwide impact of using renewable hydrogen to generate electricity and power fuel cell vehicles would be extraordinary.”

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1. If this is genuine it is the overnight storage needed

But ...

Needs peer review, patents and a proof of concept plant

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2. I have no reason to believe it isn't genuine

Here's a similar device:

HyperSolar recently announced a partnership with UCSB:
http://engineering.ucsb.edu/news/588

[font face=Serif]March 2, 2012
[font size=5]UCSB Engineering Partners with Technology Company to Turn Water and Sunlight into Power Fuels[/font]

[font size=4]Chemical Engineering researchers teamed with HyperSolar, Inc. to refine solar-powered nanoparticle technology for generating clean fuels[/font]

[font size=3]Researchers with the UC Santa Barbara College of Engineering have partnered with HyperSolar, Inc. for further development of clean energy technology that mimics photosynthesis to produce renewable natural gas.

Eric McFarland, professor of Chemical Engineering, will lead the UCSB research and development efforts for HyperSolar’s technology, which uses sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make renewable methane gas. Their proprietary process uses nanoparticles to produce hydrogen (H[font size=1]₂[/font]) from water molecules (H[font size=1]₂[/font]0) in wastewater components. The hydrogen gas is then reacted with carbon dioxide (CO[font size=1]₂[/font]) to produce methane (CH[font size=1]₃[/font]), the primary component in natural gas used commonly as a fuel source for heating, cooking, and some transportation.

"We look forward to assisting HyperSolar with this research project. For almost a century, scientists have tried to 'split water' to produce hydrogen and oxygen in a cost effective manner,” commended McFarland. “Over decades, researchers around the world have built an enormous knowledge base about the problems and opportunities in renewable hydrogen production which we will draw on.”

Unlike water splitting using conventional electrolysis, where hydrogen and oxygen molecules are completely produced using a large voltage, this new technology designed by HyperSolar uses a significantly smaller voltage to produce hydrogen. The science of their technology involves engineering the reaction kinetics toward hydrogen generation in conjunction with oxidization of organic molecules in wastewater. Nanoparticles function as one-way machines that detoxify wastewater, and produce clean water and pure hydrogen in the presence of sunlight.

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