CoukieHydrogen Fuel Cell Technology
May 8th 2006 03:12
In an earlier blog I talked about Hybrid engines, now its time for another rising technology for vehicles, the Hydrogen fuel cell. A Hydrogen fuel cell roughly works as follows; to produce electricity the fuel cell separates the fuel (hydrogen) via a catalyst. The protons flow through a membrane and combine with oxygen to form water. The electrons flow from the anode to the cathode to create electricity
A fuel cell is a piece of plastic between carbon plates with end plates that act as electrodes; the plates have channels that distribute the fuel and oxygen. The cell can work from two to three times that of the internal combustion engine and the only byproducts are heat and water.
Honda is going to launch is Hydrogen fuel cell technology based car in 2009 according to the Honda website. The car will have capacity of 5 kg of hydrogen at 5000 PSI, with a cruising range to 350 miles, equivalent to that of a gasoline-engine car.
On the other hand in Connecticut U.S. buses for massive transport with the fuel cell technology are expected later this year. The federally funded bus will be used by CTTransit's Hartford division as part of a demonstration project to determine the technology's efficiency and practicality.
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