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Is hydrogen a good fuel for rockets?

Despite criticism and early technical failures, the taming of liquid hydrogen proved to be one of NASA’s most significant technical accomplishments. . . . Hydrogen — a light and extremely powerful rocket propellant — has the lowest molecular weight of any known substance and burns with extreme intensity (5,500°F).

Is hydrogen fuel clean fuel?

Hydrogen is a clean fuel that, when consumed in a fuel cell, produces only water. Hydrogen can be produced from a variety of domestic resources, such as natural gas, nuclear power, biomass, and renewable power like solar and wind. Other methods include solar-driven and biological processes.

Has been used as a rocket fuel would you consider it a cleaner fuel than CNG Why or why not?

Answer: Hydrogen is a cleaner fuel than CNG. This is due to the reason that it produces water on burning whereas CNG on burning produces CO2, though much less than that produced when coal or oil is burnt.

Is hydrogen used to fuel rockets and spacecrafts?

For decades, liquid hydrogen has served as a powerful rocket fuel, and more recently, aerospace applications of hydrogen have expanded to include both fuel cells and combustion fuel.

Why is hydrogen considered a good fuel?

Hydrogen is considered as a good fuel as it has a very high calorific value.

Is hydrogen better than CNG?

CNG and compressed hydrogen are compared to illustrate why CNG, but not compressed hydrogen, is a viable alternative vehicle fuel. It is shown that natural gas has a greater energy content per mole than hydrogen and that more moles of natural gas than hydrogen may be stored in a given volume under identical conditions.

Do all rockets use hydrogen?

Today, hydrogen continues to show promise as a rocket propellant for both government and private industry launch systems and vehicles. The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas Centaur stage rocket, Boeing’s Delta III and IV rockets, and Blue Origin’s BE-3 and BE-7 engines all use LH2 rocket fuel.

Where is hydrogen used as a fuel?

It can be used in fuel cells or internal combustion engines (see HICEV). Regarding hydrogen vehicles, hydrogen has begun to be used in commercial fuel cell vehicles, such as passenger cars, and has been used in fuel cell buses for many years….Bibliography.

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