Submitted by Hypx t3_10mdti7 in Futurology
Hypx OP t1_j63bua7 wrote
Reply to comment by BoredCop in Cryo-compressed hydrogen, the best solution for storage and refueling stations? by Hypx
You mean fires, not explosions. Also, many things have exploded or caught on fire. Including existing gas stations.
BoredCop t1_j63ddkn wrote
Nope, I mean explosions. A chain of hydrogen stations in Norway got temporarily shut down for safety reasons after one exploded in 2019, that's the one I could find info on quickly.
Hypx OP t1_j63dwrf wrote
You one caught on fire? These things aren't report very accurately.
BoredCop t1_j63ivq7 wrote
Exploded. Pictures in media show parts of the station that got thrown some considerable distance by the blast. Investigative reports also call it an explosion.
Hypx OP t1_j63kn89 wrote
Fires can have pressure waves, but that is not an explosion. And if you do call it an explosion, than there are thousands of gasoline explosions all time.
BoredCop t1_j63l199 wrote
Are you conflating the terms explosion and detonation? Because you can absolutely have the former without the latter. When a mix of fuel and air between the lower and upper explosion limits for that fuel ignites, you get an explosion. Not all explosions are high order detonations.
Hypx OP t1_j63lfp9 wrote
Explosions technically imply detonation. But if you are going to call all big fires explosions, then gasoline explodes too. You cannot have it both ways.
Anyways, it's already proven that hydrogen is safer than gasoline because people have actually set them on fire before. You're just fearmongering on this.
BoredCop t1_j63oahs wrote
You might wish to read up on the definition of "explosion". And I've already commented on those videos.
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