Revolutionary Fuel from Water Technology

Marine Power Products Corporation (MPP) has developed revolutionary water-to-fuel technology that produces hydrogen on-demand at a fraction of the cost of electrolysis and gasoline.

This enabling hydrogen production technology uses water and heat, along with low-cost and widely available materials, to produce pure hydrogen fuel. Hydrogen is considered the perfect fuel because it burns cleanly, producing primarily water.

Jeffrey Carey, the company's CEO and founder, developed the technology that uses readily available heat energy, to break down water into hydrogen and oxygen. The heat energy can come from renewable energy sources such as solar or geothermal or from waste combustion heat, which makes its energy source more attractive and much less expensive than electrolytic techniques. The patent-pending process uses off-the-shelf components, along with advanced computer algorithms and a proprietary metal catalyst formulation. This reduces the need for electrical expense and carbon emissions associated with traditional hydrogen production methods. The energy produced by MPP's process is anticipated to cost the same as buying gasoline at $1.50 per gallon, providing a viable option to fossil fuels.

The project spans over four years and 15,000 hours of research and development by its founders and several experts. Dick Brown, Ph. D. with the University of New England’s Department of Chemistry & Physics is highly experienced in green catalytic chemistries. After reviewing the science leading to proof-of-concept, he believes the process is unique, and constitutes a remarkable breakthrough in clean energy chemistry. Dr. Brown is winner of the 2001 Kenneth G. Hancock Award in green chemistry research jointly sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the American Chemical Society’s Green Chemistry Institute.

Marine Power Products has engaged the services of an engineering firm to begin building production prototypes towards a 2011 trial date. The first application will be a clean & renewable stationary power generator using geothermal heat to feed an MPP Hydrogen Production Unit (HPU). The HPU will produce hydrogen to fuel a micro gas turbine generator producing 60 kW of electricity; enough to power 40 homes. The waste heat produced by the turbine can even be reclaimed as a source of heat to produce more hydrogen.