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Spring 2023

Hydrogen

Car by small hydrogen fueling station. Courtesy The Protium Company
Spring 2021

Hydrogen fuel research at WSU

Washington State University is home to the Hydrogen Properties for Energy Research (HYPER) Laboratory. As the only cryogenic hydrogen research laboratory in US academia, HYPER has a number of projects to improve hydrogen production and storage, all at extremely cold temperatures below 130 Kelvin (-225°F).

Read more about hydrogen fuel and the rising green hydrogen economy.

Hydrogen refueling stations

Current refueling stations use large and expensive hydrogen compressors to achieve the necessary pressure for fuel storage.  Those large compressors are also prone to breakdowns. A new method called cryogenic thermal compression being tested at WSU may … » More …

Fall 2014

Things that fly in the sky

A slight breeze comes from the north, but it’s not enough to stir the sun-faded windsock above the tarmac near Mann Lake in Lewiston, Idaho. The sudden and unexpected gusts of wind, however, do. It’s a brisk 48 degrees, but of more concern is the smeared cloud taking up the southwestern horizon, out of place among its more defined, cumulus neighbors mottling the blue canvas above.

“We have about ten minutes,” says Chris Chaney, who earned a doctorate in mechanical engineering from WSU this year. “We’re going to have to time this right. This is probably one of the most dangerous flights we’ve done.”

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