Billings Energy

Happy Memorial Day!

There is a new web site from Dr. Roger Billings that features a page about “Billings Energy”.  He touches on the need for low-cost hydrogen and a possible solution: natural gas conversion.  He makes an interesting case for why this is a good idea.

Could this be the catalyst that finally makes commonly available hydrogen a reality?  Time will tell but in our estimation the concept shows a lot of merit.

We will be watching his Hydrogen Now blog and this new web site for more news.  In the mean time, our research on the background technology and patents continues.

Hydrogen World View by Roger Billings

If you have followed Roger Billings’ hydrogen work at all then you are surely familiar with his 1991 book titled “The Hydrogen World View”.

In the book Roger Billings tells about his experience converting a number vehicles as well as an entire homestead to hydrogen.   It covers automotive & tractor conversions, hydrogen gas appliances, electrolysis, and hydrogen fuel cells to name a few.

Another area of note is metal hydride storage, a subject covered in some detail based from a practical stand point.  More coverage of this topic is planned in a future post.  As we continue to uncover information, a basic understanding of this written work will provide the reader with a good frame of reference and an overall synopsis of “known” information.

Bibliographic information

Title	The Hydrogen World View
Author	Roger E. Billings
Edition	illustrated
Publisher	American Academy of Science, 1991
ISBN	096316340X, 9780963163400
Length	175 pages
Subjects	Science › Chemistry › General

Reference: Amazon Book List of author Roger Billings

Roger Billings – Electrolyzing water to generate hydrogen

In honor of Earth Day today, here is the inaugural post on a blog about Roger Billings and his hydrogen work. Much of his current work remains mysterious though his background in the field is well known. Our goal here is to publish the results of our investigation with clues that might point to where things are headed in the future.

We found a patent from Roger E. Billings, dated Mar 19, 1987, and titled “Method and apparatus for electrolyzing water”.

Part 0009 in the description tells us the invention is “to provide an improved electrolyzer or electrolysis apparatus which is generally more reliable and preferably less costly than normal electrolyzers of the prior art ; to provide an electrolyzer which has improved means for supplying liquid to the anode plates and for withdrawing fluid and products formed at the anode and cathode plates ; to provide such an electrolyzer for use wherein the anode plates are not required to have alternating grooves and ridges therein ; to provide a new method for electrolysis of a liquid including water, to produce hydrogen and oxygen therefrom, through the utilization of a new electrolysis apparatus”

See the full form at: http://www.google.com/patents/EP0239169A1