TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

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WHY AM I INTERESTED WITH

THIS TOPIC ?

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HYDROGEN ?

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HYDROGEN IS A CHEMICAL ELEMENT WITH THE SYMBOL H

AND ATOMIC NUMBER 1. WITH JUST ONE PROTON AND
ONE ELECTRON, IT IS THE MOST COMMON ELEMENT,
MAKING UP 75% OF THE MASS OF THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE.

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WHY MUST HYDROGEN ?

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 Clean and very safe with our earth

Non-toxic
Every where
Cheap

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FUEL CELL
Fuel cell is a converter tool to make electricity from hydrogen.

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HOW DOES A FUEL CELL MAKE

ELECTRICITY FROM HYDROGEN?

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Here's how a fuel cell produces electricity:

1. Hydrogen gas from the tank (shown here as big brown blobs) feeds down a pipe to
the positive terminal. Hydrogen is flammable and explosive, so the tank has to be
extremely strong.
2. Oxygen from the air (big turquoise blobs) comes down a second pipe to the
negative terminal.
3. The positive terminal (red) is made ofplatinum, a precious metalcatalystdesigned
to speed up the chemistry that happens in the fuel cell. Whenatomsof hydrogen
gas reach the catalyst, they split up into hydrogen ions (protons) and electrons
(small black blobs). In case you're confused: hydrogen ions are simply hydrogen
atoms with their electrons removed. Since they have only one proton and one
electron to start with, a hydrogen ion is the same thing as a proton.
4. The protons, being positively charged, are attracted to the negative terminal (blue)
and travel through the electrolyte (yellow) towards it. The electrolyte is a thin
membrane made of a special polymer (plastic) film and only the protons can pass
through it.
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5. The electrons, meanwhile, flow through the outer circuit.

6. As they do so, they power theelectric motor(orange and black) that drives the
car's wheels. Eventually, they arrive at the negative terminal (blue) too.
7. At the negative terminal, the protons and electrons recombine with oxygen from
the air in a chemical reaction that produces water.
8. The water is given off from the exhaust pipe as water vapor or steam.

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FOR MORE EXPLANATION LOOK

AT THIS VIDEO

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But this techonoly still have disadvantages

1.Fossil fuels are still needed

2.Flammable!
3.Much work to be done
4.Cells cant hold much

THANK YOU
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