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Hydrogen Fuel Cells
Hydrogen Fuel Cells
Hydrogen Timeline
In 1893 Sir William Robert Grove mixed hydrogen
and oxygen to produce electricity and water, it was inefficient and produced very little energy In 1889 Ludwig Mond and Charles Langer coined the term, fuel cell and tried to build it with air and industrial coal fuel In the 1920s Fuel Cell Research in Germany helped paved the way for future cell research An engineer by the name of Francis T. Bacon began his research for the fuel cell in the 1930s this proved to be useful in the development of future research In October of 1959 Harry Karl Ihrig powered the first vehicle with a fuel cell
electrical power powered by fuel cells on NASAS Gemini and Apollo space capsules NASA decided that it was too bulky and dangerous for their space shuttles The first bus was powered by a fuel cell was completed in 1993 The United States passed the Hydrogen Future Act in 1996 In 1998 Iceland transformed its economy into a hydrogen fuel cell based one In 1999 in Germany released the first hydrogen-based fuel station
Limited Knowledge of the subject Its very expensive to fund for research America spent 1.2 billion dollars on research for hydrogen fuel However America also spent 1.8 billion on promoting healthy marriage (a.k.a. banning gay marriage) America also spends 3 billion each month on the Iraq War Seems like America really seems concerned with promoting hydrogen fuel right?
People arent all that hyped up about hydrogen fuel Research companies arent really ready to commit their time and money Hydrogen is really explosive and you cant get one by itself without it being dangerous and stable Trying to harness power from hydrogen seems nearly impossible A professor at Stanford University was quoted saying, the advantage of hydrogen, if you have to burn carbon fuels (coal, oil, or gas) to manufacture it, would be negligible
Fuel Cells would not only affect the United States, but would affect the entire world
This would help the ecosystem dramatically by giving off less CO2 emissions Fuel cells have the potential to very quickly double the efficiency of cars while significantly reducing air pollution. We need a lot of money but researchers are saying if the world is willing to commit to a cleaner energy source by 2020 the world could be seeing a dramatic transition from fossil fuel to hydrogen fuel and a more effective and cleaner energy source
the hydrogen cell is able to create direct electric energy from the breakdown of atoms inside the cell.
companies pollute the environment more as electricity demand grows; electric cars will raise the demand. Hydrogen cars not only run on water but they purify it and send it back to the environment.
which one he wants to use just by pushing a button. The BMW has 260 BHP and it is able to go 62.1 miles per gallon of water.
pollutant. New Holland built a tractor that runs on hydrogen and it is expected to be mass produced until 2010.
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Works cited
BMW to lease hydrogen cars in April. msnbc.com 2006. MSNBC. September 12 2006. <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14798876/>
Hydrogen cars. hydrogen cars now.com 2005. Hydrogen Cars Now. 2005. <http://www.hydrogencarsnow.com/> Worlds first hydrogen fuel cell tractor Aboutbloggreen.com 2009. About Blog Green. 21 February 2009. http://www.autobloggreen.com
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