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Not long ago, the front page of Nanyang Daily reported that the news of "water-hydrogen engine" was very popular on the Internet. "the water in the car can produce hydrogen in real time, and the vehicle only needs to add water to drive." the wonder of this technology, to a certain extent, broke through people's general physical understanding, attracted the attention of the whole network, and the vast number of media went to Nanyang to find out.

CCTV News reported the incident for many days in a row, and unveiled the mysterious veil of "water-hydrogen engine". In essence, the device is divided into hydrogen production equipment and fuel cell equipment, and the most controversial point is whether the hydrogen production equipment can only add water to produce hydrogen. No, it is mainly the report of Nanyang Daily that the test car can not only react with water, but also react with water or aluminum alloy to produce hydrogen, which is transported to the fuel cell and then drives the car forward.

It is understood that at present, the price of aluminum on the market has exceeded 10 yuan per kilogram. According to the calculation of 9 kilograms of aluminum to produce one kilogram of hydrogen, the material cost of producing one kilogram of hydrogen is about 90 yuan, which does not calculate the cost and energy consumption of turning bulk aluminum into aluminum powder. Therefore, many people question that this hydrogen production route does not meet the requirements of energy conservation and environmental protection, and think that it is superfluous.

A number of experts have said that this technology is difficult to achieve real mass production.

According to media reports, Yin Zhaoyi, head of the Investment Company of Nanyang High-tech Zone in Henan Province, said that the "technology of hydrogen production by hydrolysis of aluminum alloy in vehicles" can only be a supplement to the application of hydrogen energy, and hydrogen energy is now only a supplement to other energy sources. Whether it is the market space or the reliability of the current technology, there is a huge gap from commercial use.

Xu Heyi, chairman of BAIC New Energy and BAIC Group, said at the sixth Annual meeting of Automotive Technology of the International Intelligent Network Association on May 29: "the hydrogen production method of aluminum powder and catalyst for young cars is technically feasible, but it is limited to play in the laboratory. If you want to achieve industrialization, that is the talent of a fool."

Pei Pucheng, a professor in the Department of Automotive Engineering at Tsinghua University, said, "this technology is not the first, or even anything new. It was publicly reported that aluminum was added to gallium metal many years ago." From the point of view of the technical route, there is no problem with its principle. The key question is whether the technology can work stably for a long time. Because its product alumina is deposited internally, it may have an impact on subsequent hydrogen production. "

Another focus is whether the Nanyang municipal government platform has contributed 4 billion yuan?

The management committee of Nanyang High-tech Zone issued a note saying that young cars took a fancy to Nanyang's comprehensive advantages in location, market, business environment and auto parts industry, and the two sides signed a cooperation agreement on December 28, 2018. The two sides plan to build a hydrogen energy automobile industry park in Nanyang High-tech Zone, and plan to produce hydrogen energy passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles and hydrogen fuel engines. The "on-board hydrolysis real-time hydrogen-hydrogen energy vehicle", which is concerned by all sectors of the community, belongs to the technical reserve project of youth cars, which is independently developed by enterprises and will be mass-produced in Nanyang when the technology is mature.

At the same time, 4 billion yuan of investment concerned by all sectors of the community is used for the construction of the industrial park, and the High-tech Zone Investment Co., Ltd. intends to carry out financing through market-oriented means. At present, the project has not yet been established, there is no substantive start, and there is no 4 billion yuan investment problem.

There is also a noteworthy problem. Pang Qing's "hydrolytic hydrogen production car" claimed that the final product was water, but whether it was a field trip by CCTV or other media, and took a trial ride in the youth hydrolyzed hydrogen production car, no water was found in the drainage pipe. At present, this technology is still immature and is still far from mass production and loading.

Many netizens think that this is to cheat investment with a new concept, while others think that "the next bus and railway".

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