Award Number
“ENERGY” Award 1609524
Lab Supervisor or Director
Adel El Shahat
Principal Investigator
Valentin Soloiu
Contributors
Graduate Assistants: Sharaf Sumaiya, Iffat Arisa, Erhuvwu Ayisire
Document Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Presentation Year
2018
Abstract
Hydrogen fuel cells are hydrogen powered energy sources. They convert chemical energy into electrical energy by separating water molecules into the two elements that make up water, Hydrogen (2) and Oxygen (1). Hydrogen fuel cells are looking to become a paramount energy producer to avoid consuming fossil fuels for power. Along with the abundance of Hydrogen in the atmosphere being a benefit of using Hydrogen powered fuel cells, the only emission from these energy sources is water vapor. Many car engines only operate at a 20% fuel efficiency, whereas fuel cell powered cars utilize 60% of the energy produced. Although expensive to produce, they prove to be a reasonable alternative to reduce society's dependence on petroleum and other non-renewable energy sources.
Academic Unit
College of Engineering and Computing
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Fuel Cell Poster
Lesson Plans.xlsx (7 kB)
Hydrogen Fuel Cells Lesson Plans
Keywords
RET, NSF, Energy, Award 1609524, Hydrogen fuel cells
Hydrogen Fuel Cells
Hydrogen fuel cells are hydrogen powered energy sources. They convert chemical energy into electrical energy by separating water molecules into the two elements that make up water, Hydrogen (2) and Oxygen (1). Hydrogen fuel cells are looking to become a paramount energy producer to avoid consuming fossil fuels for power. Along with the abundance of Hydrogen in the atmosphere being a benefit of using Hydrogen powered fuel cells, the only emission from these energy sources is water vapor. Many car engines only operate at a 20% fuel efficiency, whereas fuel cell powered cars utilize 60% of the energy produced. Although expensive to produce, they prove to be a reasonable alternative to reduce society's dependence on petroleum and other non-renewable energy sources.
Comments
This research was supported by NSF RET Award: 1609524