1 / 8

Hydrogen: The Fuel of the Future?

Hydrogen: The Fuel of the Future?. By Megan Lavey. How does a hydrogen fuel cell work?. Hydrogen to the anode Oxygen to the cathode Electrons are sent to make electricity By-products are water, heat and air. Hydrogen is not found freely in nature. Must be extracted from other sources

brilliant
Download Presentation

Hydrogen: The Fuel of the Future?

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Hydrogen: The Fuel of the Future? By Megan Lavey

  2. How does a hydrogen fuel cell work? • Hydrogen to the anode • Oxygen to the cathode • Electrons are sent to make electricity • By-products are water, heat and air

  3. Hydrogen is not found freely in nature • Must be extracted from other sources • Currently mined from fossil fuels • Could be extracted from water through electrolysis • Once this is perfected, America will be more independent

  4. There is no good way to store hydrogen • Hydrogen takes up a lot of space • Liquefied hydrogen uses 30% of its energy to be chilled to the correct temperature • Compressed hydrogen is very large. • Hydrogen burns faster than gasoline does • Compressed hydrogen will have been perfected by 2015

  5. Hydrogen is more efficient than other alternative fuel sources • The tank of a hydrogen car will be able to be refilled in minutes • Electric cars must be plugged in for hours • They also can’t travel long distances

  6. The fuel cell is not very durable currently • A fuel cell must last 150,000 miles to compete with a gas powered vehicle • Currently hydrogen fuel cells can only travel 75,000 miles before it must be changed

  7. So is this technology worth pursuing? • Hydrogen fuel cells seem to be the best replacement for gasoline • No pollutants • Can travel long distances

  8. Works Cited • "Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center: Hydrogen as an Alternative Fuel."EERE: Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center Program Home Page. US Department Of Energy, 23 Aug. 2011. Web. 29 Oct. 2011. <http://www.afdc.energy.gov/afdc/fuels/hydrogen_alternative.html>. • "Benefits and Challenges." Fuel Economy. US Department of Energy, 31 Oct. 2011. Web. 31 Oct. 2011. <http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/fcv_benefits.shtml>. • Brus. David, and Doug Hotek. “Exploring Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology.” Technology Teacher 69.6(2010):20-24. ERIC. EBSCO. Web. 29 Oct. 2011. • "EV INFO." Electric Auto Association - Silicon Valley Chapter (EAASV). Electric Auto Association, 4 Sept. 2009. Web. 02 Nov. 2011. < http://eaasv.org/evinfo.html >. • "Fuelling the Future." Royal Society of Chemistry | Advancing the Chemical Sciences. Royal Society of Chemistry, Oct. 2011. Web. 11 Nov. 2011. <http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/Issues/2011/October/FuellingTheFuture.asp>. • "Hydrogen." Uncle Mark's Alternative Fueling Station. 6 Aug. 2004. Web. 29 Oct. 2011. <http://www.altfuels.org/backgrnd/altftype/hydrogen.html>. • Service, Robert F. “The Hydrogen Backlash.” Science 305.5686 (2004): 958-961. Academic Search Elite. EBSCO. Web. 29 Oct. 2011.

More Related