3. The purpose of a fuel cell is to produce an
electrical current that can be directed
outside the cell to do work, such as powering
an electric motor or illuminating a light bulb
or a city
4. Renewable energy source
Clean and pollution free
Reduces dependency on foreign oil
Cleaner than nuclear waste
More efficient than natural gas
Safer than natural gas, diesel, and gasoline
6. (Current used technology takes) More energy
to make hydrogen than you get from it
Hydrogen powered cars will not be able to
store has much fuel has a normal car
Needs heat close to 0c
Will not perform as well in colder
environments
9. Discovered by Christian Friedrich Schönbein in
1838
Demostrated for the first time by Welsh scientist
Sir William Robert Grove in 1839
British engineer Francis Thomas Bacon developed
the first successful 5Kw stationary fuel cell
United Technologies Corporation's UTC Power
subsidiary was the first company to manufacture
and commercialize a large, stationary fuel cell
system for use as a co-generation power plant in
hospitals, universities and large office buildings.
11. Coal made up 83% of the CO2 Emissions from
power generation
Of all the CO2 emissions for the United States
power generation emissions was 38.9% of the
total the United States produced in 2006
Using the hydrogen fuel cell for power
generation will greatly reduce the amount of
C02 produced in the United States, which is
the second largest producer of CO2
13. What will the future bring with the use of Hydrogen?
14. Virtual Power Plants using direct solar &
hydrogen fuel cells.
The use of the this technology held back by lack
of wide use in Nano technologies.
This does not exist today, but when technology
catches up with the idea, we will see hydrogen
being used in fuel cells for heating, cooling and
electrical.
Uses: Homes, small businesses, public facilities
