As part of a consortium in which the Technion, Tel Aviv University, Bar Ilan University and the Ariel University Center are partners, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the National Science Foundation, is investing NIS 45 million in the research and development of oil substitutes for transportation
The Prime Minister's Office is pushing and promoting a prestigious project, in cooperation with the National Science Foundation, which aims to develop oil substitutes for transportation. As mentioned, in the first stage funding of NIS 45 million was approved for research and development. This is the first time that the state invests of this magnitude in R&D that includes the collaboration of several research institutions: Bar-Ilan University, the Technion, the Ariel University Center and Tel Aviv University.
The project in the field of electrochemistry deals with the research and development of advanced materials that will be used for the accumulation and conversion of energy, in order to optimize the use of alternative fuels and fuels produced from oil. The development of fuel cells will enable the conversion of fuel directly into electricity without burning them - as is customary in the conventional energy production process. "We are working on developing a nanometer-sized catalyst for fuel cells," explains Dr. Alex Schechter, head of the chemistry department at the university center and director of the laboratory. "It is a device that turns the fuel directly into electricity, instead of burning it, and makes better use of the fuel." The development of such a catalyst will allow the use of greener fuels, such as hydrogen or alcohol.
The inter-university consortium is required because a variety of specializations are required here, and the cooperation between research teams from the various institutions makes this possible. The current research includes, among other things, research for the development of next-generation batteries, batteries with high energy density - that is, high power output and small weight. This means that in electric vehicles the batteries will be lighter and smaller - something that will allow for an extension of the driving range. In order to develop a prototype, in each university a team works to research and develop a certain group of materials. At Ariel, for example, platinum-free catalysts are being researched to be integrated into these batteries.
Prof. Dan Meirstein, president of the university center: "The Ariel University Center in Samaria invests a lot of resources in order to contribute to research activities to solve problems of global and national importance, this can be done in collaboration with other academic institutions - what a good thing."
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An oil substitute will not arise and will not exist!!!!! Only because of this Americans and the whole world will start a world war against us!!!!
only electrical trains in cities and between cities are the solution, like europ!!!!
One academic institution is needed to examine how public transportation can be operated in an adequate manner, while operating a link between trains and buses.
4 academic institutions will cooperate in researching substitutes for oil, and in the end will come up with the final solution: Hamor.