Eat, eat and eat those sweets!
Some new research has shown how certain bacteria can produce hydrogen when these bacteria are “fed” waste products from candy production.
How sweet it will be if our cars can operate because of the sweets we have just eaten.
Simple processes that produce a complicated product are cost-effective.
The Sheiks and oil CEOs will probably want to shut down the candy factories.
Dentists will be ecstatic.
The sweet science is no longer just boxing.
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 24.05.2006
Sweet success for pioneering hydrogen energy project
Bacteria that can munch through confectionery could be a valuable source of non-polluting energy in the years ahead, new research has shown.
In a feasibility study funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, bioscientists at the University of Birmingham have demonstrated that these bacteria give off hydrogen gas as they consume high-sugar waste produced by the confectionery industry.
The hydrogen has been used to generate clean electricity via a fuel cell (1). Looking to the future, it could also be used to power the hydrogen-fuelled road vehicles of tomorrow.
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