The term, HYDRNOL Carrier, refers to a class of molecules that contain hydrogen that can be stripped away for use by the application of heat and a catalyst. In order to be useful, the energy obtained from the hydrogen has to be much greater than the energy required to extract it. With HYDRNOL that is the case.

Since there is a family of these liquids, it is difficult to describe them all, but they generally have the density and viscosity of water, are clear, are liquid between -96ºC and 136ºC, and have flammability ratings between gasoline and diesel.

The best analogy for HYDRNOL is that it is like the hemoglobin in our blood. Oxygen binds to the hemoglobin, is transported to our tissues where it is needed, and exchanges the oxygen for carbon dioxide. In the lungs, the process is reversed.

The analogy to blood is not precise because there is no gas exchange with HYDRNOL. When the hydrogen atoms are stripped from the HYDRNOL molecule, the molecule changes its chemical form and becomes Spent HYDRNOL. To put more hydrogen onto this recyclable molecule requires a different catalyst, but little or no outside heat, as the reaction is exothermic (gives off heat).

Estimates of the number of times the HYDRNOL Carrier can be recycled is over 100. That is not a limitation of the chemical process, but rather the 100-year experience of the petroleum distribution business, in terms of losses in the system for liquid spills and vapor losses.