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A&M researchers
test hydrogen fuel
as source of energy
By Sharon Maberry
STAFF WRITER
Texas A&M researchers are work
ing with hydrogen as a potential en
ergy source for the United States in
the 21st century.
“We’re trying to develop hydro
gen as a fuel of the future,” Dr. Ken
neth Hall, deputy director of Texas
Engineering Experiment Station,
said. “Hydrogen acts as a minimally
polluting fuel. It’s efficient because
when you burn oxygen, you get wa
ter, which can be used again for
more fuel.
“We’re trying to prepare for the
time when we shift over to another
fuel economy.”
Dr. Oliver Murphy, assistant di
rector of the Center for Electroche
mical Systems and Hydrogen Re
search, said hydrogen would not be
an economical energy source until at
least 2020.
As fossil fuels become less avail
able during the next few decades,
hydrogen fuel will become more
economically feasible, Murphy said.
Another advantage of hydrogen
fuel is that it’s clean.
“It’s environmentally benign,” he
said. “Hydrogen fuel produces no
pollution, so it will not add to the
‘greenhouse effect’ or acid rain.”
Murphy said hydrogen fuel uses
include heating and lighting in
homes and driving industrial ma
chinery.
Dr. John Appleby, director of the
Center for Electrochemical Systems
and Hydrogen Research, said he
thinks hydrogen fuel will be more
valuable in transportation vehicles
for combatting pollution.
Apart from hydrogen fuel’s mini
mal pollution, it can be converted at
60 percent efficiency, while gaso
line’s conversion efficiency is only 15
percent.
“That’s why the space shuttle uses
hydrogen to supply its electricity,”
Appleby said.
Sunlight can be used, he added, to
make electricity by using a photovol
taic cell. That electricity can be used
to split water into hydrogen and oxy
gen. The hydrogen is then used as
fuel.
Murphy said the main aspect of
producing hydrogen fuel is that it’s a
completely closed system.
“We’re using sunlight as the pri
mary energy source,” he said. “Hy
drogen, itself, is a medium of energy
storage, not an energy source.
“We use sunlight to form hydro
gen and oxygen from water. Then,
in the fuel cell, we combine hydro
gen and oxygen to get back water.
“This energy source would not
run out for centuries to come be
cause it’s a closed system. And of
course, sunlight will be around for a
while.”
Murphy said developing such an
efficient and economic energy sys
tem requires much research. Hydro
gen research at A&M began in 1981
and the Center for Electrochemical
Systems and Hydrogen Research
opened in 1987.
Book dealer, publisher
found dead near Bastrop
BASTROP (AP) — John Holmes
Jenkins III, a rare book dealer and
publisher, was killed by a gunshot
wound to the head, authorities said
Monday.
Jenkins’ body was discovered Sun
day in the Colorado River near Bas
trop. An autopsy Monday showed
that he was killed by a single gun
shot, Bastrop County Deputy Troy
Bise said.
“It is being handled now as a hom
icide,” Bise said.
Bise said Jenkins’s body was
found after a Bastrop County sher
iffs deputy responded to a call re
garding an apparently abandoned
vehicle —Jenkins’ Mercedes Benz —
at the Colorado River bridge west of
Bastrop.
While the officer was investigating
the automobile, some people fishing
nearby discovered Jenkins’ body,
Bise said.
“We’ve got officers at the scene
now, looking for items,,whatever we
can find . . . We are treating it now as
foul play being involved,” Bise said
after an autopsy was completed by
the Travis County medical exam
iner.
What’s Up
Tuesday
NUTRITION CLUB: Dr. Christensen will speak about “Psychological Aspects of
Nutrition” at 7 p.m. in 127 Kleberg.
OFF CAMPUS CENTER: will have a roommate session at 3 p.m. in 145 MSC.
SADDLE AND SIRLOIN: will meet at 7 p.m. in 115 Kleberg.
ACM: Dr. Wolz from NASA will present information about NASA at 7 p.m. in 203
Zachry.
MSC POLITICAL FORUM: Dr. Alexander Qoldfarb will speak at 8:30 p.m. in 601
Rudder.
TAMU FLYING CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. at the Easterwood Airport club house.
STUDY ABROAD OFFICE: will have “mini-overseas day” with information ta
bles from 10 a.m. -1:30 p.m. in the MSC. There will also be a meeting about the
Italian semester program at 2 p.m. in 026 MSC.
PRE-MED/PRE-DENT SOCIETY: will have officer elections and a pizza party at
7 p.m. in 203 Harrington.
TAMU ART COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS: Jim Johnson will speak about
floral university artworks at 7 p.m. in 102 Forestry Sciences.
AGGIE GOP/COLLEGE REPUBLICANS: will elect officers at 8:30 p.m. in 302
Rudder.
TAMU SAILING TEAM: will meet at 8 p.m. in 104 Zachry.
ROTARACT CLUB OF A&M: will have an organizational meeting at 7 p.m. in
123 Kleberg.
FORT WORTH HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet and elect officers at 8 p.m. in 501
Rudder.
TAMU SURF CLUB: will elect officers at 8:30 p.m. in 027 MSC.
SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS: will elect officers at 6 p.m. in 104A
Zachry.
GAY STUDENT SERVICES: Dr. Larry Hickman will speak at 8:30 p.m. in 305
Rudder.
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: will have Christian fellowship at
7:30 p.m. in the Letterman’s Lounge in G. Rollie White.
ARLINGTON HOMETOWN CLUB: will elect officers at 8:30 p.m. in 226 MSC.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will meet at noon. Call the C.D.P.E. at 845-0280
for more information.
AGGIELAND: Staff applications are available in 230 Reed McDonald through
April 19.
THE BATTALION-.Staff applications are available in 216 Reed McDonald and
will be due April 20.
Wednesday
UNIVERSITY CHAMBER SERIES: will have a Dutch Masters Concert at 8 p.m.
at First Presbyterian Church in Bryan.
CATHOLIC STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will elect CSA board members at 5:30
p.m. at St. Mary’s Student Center.
NABA: will elect officers at 7 p.m. in 120 Blocker.
ALPHA EPSILON DELTA: will meet at 7 p.m. in 308 Rudder.
T.E.A.C.: Dr. Flagler will speak about acid rain at 7 p.m. in 118 Civil Engineering.
COMPUTER USERS GROUP: will meet at 3 p.m. in 502 Rudder.
MUSIC PROGRAM: will have a brown bag concert at noon in 402 Academic.
OUTDOOR RECREATION CLUB: will elect officers at 7 p.m. in 704 Rudder.
UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRIES: will have an Aggie supper at 6 p.m. at A&M
Presbyterian Church.
NEWMAN: will meet to celebrate a special liturgy at 7:30 p.m. at the student
center.
CATHOLICS ON THE QUAD: will present a summer maintenance manual for
spiritual life at 9 p.m. in lounge B on the quad.
CIRCLE K INTERNATIONAL: will meet at 7 p.m. in 401 Rudder.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: will meet at 8:30 p.m. Call the C.D.P.E. at 845-
0280 for more details.
FRIENDS OF EVANS LIBRARY: presents National Library Week with Kinky
Friedman speaking at 2:30 p.m. in 204 C Sterling C. Evans.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will meet at noon. Call the C.D.P.E at 845-0280
for more information.
Items for What’s Up should be submitted to The Battalion, 216 Reed McDonald,
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the name and phone number of the contact if you ask us to do so. What's Up is
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STAFF WRITER
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