The U.S. Army know you must constantly renew their thoughts about participating in the “new war scenarios” of the XXI century, from Cold War. And one of the things that military leaders have always sought is that its forces deployed to be independent, energetically speaking. Currently the U.S. military have policies and procedures for interacting with its allies or sympathizers, to help its field force to get the necessary energy and clean water when participating in foreign military campaigns. However, this is not entirely reliable, as the U.S. could be found against unilateral military activities, or in a situation where its allies can not help with the resources necessary to conduct successful military actions.
Alternative energies in the U.S. Army
The U.S. Army is very interested in alternative energy In their research and technological development, which can make them independent of energy, or at least much less dependent on the battlefield. One of the things that greatly interests these officers is the development of small independent producers of energy, which could be portable, to produce electricity locally. The U.S. Army is finalizing the design of some prototypes of clean combustion and high energy efficiency. Making them portable for the typical warfare of today is characterized by high mobility, and they would be very useful for small-scale military operations. And this is something we are investigating with great interest.
The U.S. military believe that these mini-power plants could be extremely useful because they are based on the production of hydrogen (fuel cell) from seawater. They also think of the sea water to hydrogen fuel conversion because this procedure would have less negative impact on the environment than the current practices of energy supply in the traditional way.
Seawater to produce energy and provide clean drinking water:
The sea is in fact very high interest to the military when it comes to the issue of alternative energy supply. Seawater can be endlessly “mined” for hydrogen, which in turn is used in advanced skills for fuel cells. The use of sea water can be infinitely helpful also making desalinated water and drinking water. Drinking water and hydrogen for energy are two of the things in the near future military forces deployed around the world need more than anything.
Sales and mineral products of the desalination:
In the nuclei of these autonomous energy producers (which, as mentioned above are very interesting devices in portable form, to the U.S. military), we find temperatures above 1,000 degrees Celsius. When this level of temperature is mixed with a thermo-chemical process water in our hands the most effective means to split water into components that form, which are molecular hydrogen and oxygen. The minerals and salts found in sea water would be extracted through a desalination process in order to make way for the water splitting process. These salts and minerals could be used, for example, to produce vitamins and filling salt shakers, or simply be returned to the sea (recycling).
The power of these generators would be used to extract hydrogen sea to be part of the fuel cell aircraft advanced energy, tanks, ground vehicles, and the like. This project is clearly high on the priority list of R & D of the U.S. military.
