Eco Factor: Scientists hope to generate clean hydrogen from polluted Black Sea.
The Black Sea, which is often referred to as the largest dead zone in the world due to the high amounts of toxic waste, could be the newest and the most unconventional source of clean energy if new findings conducted by a group of Turkish researchers is to be believed. The influx of toxic waste has reduced the amount of oxygen present in the water and replaced it with hydrogen, which has created high concentrations of hydrogen sulfide gas in the sea. Though poisonous for life, the gas could be used to generate huge amounts of hydrogen which can then be used as a clean, zero-emission fuel.
The research could solve both the energy and the pollution problems with many techniques that include thermal, electrochemical and photochemical processes. These researchers further state that all the hydrogen generated from the deadly sea could be stored in underground caves, which are plentiful in Turkey’s Black Sea region.
The Dark Side:
The research is in its infancy and has several issues that need to be catered to. If hydrogen is harnessed using the thermal process, which is the easiest and also the most convenient of all processes, the energy required to carry out the process would not be much less than the energy finally generated in the form of hydrogen.
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