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Honda is getting into the hydrogen fuel cell game in earnest, and the company has just previewed the production version of the FCV sedan ahead of its Tokyo motor show unveiling.

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Fuel cells produce hydrogen, store it and then convert it into electricity.
Toronto - based Hydrogenics, for example, produces fuel cells that convert hydrogen into clean electricity.
Both companies produce fuel cells that convert hydrogen into clean electricity and nearly half of Ballard's sales now come from China, as the country adds hydrogen - fuelled electric buses to its roads.
The group found that although fuel - cell vehicles would produce zero greenhouse - gas emissions during use, the extraction and refinement of hydrogen fuel would release three to five times as much carbon into the air as is released in procuring and refining gasoline and diesel.
And if hydrogen is fed into a fuel - cell stack — a batterylike device that generates electricity from hydrogen and oxygen — it can propel an electric car or truck with only water and heat as by - products [see «On the Road to Fuel - Cell Cars,» by Steven Ashley; Scientific American, March 20fuel - cell stack — a batterylike device that generates electricity from hydrogen and oxygen — it can propel an electric car or truck with only water and heat as by - products [see «On the Road to Fuel - Cell Cars,» by Steven Ashley; Scientific American, March 20cell stack — a batterylike device that generates electricity from hydrogen and oxygen — it can propel an electric car or truck with only water and heat as by - products [see «On the Road to Fuel - Cell Cars,» by Steven Ashley; Scientific American, March 20Fuel - Cell Cars,» by Steven Ashley; Scientific American, March 20Cell Cars,» by Steven Ashley; Scientific American, March 2005].
Hydrogen is another attractive by - product of wastewater, and some of Logan's research at Penn State involves looking into how to capture hydrogen to run fueHydrogen is another attractive by - product of wastewater, and some of Logan's research at Penn State involves looking into how to capture hydrogen to run fuehydrogen to run fuel cells.
Currently, electrolyzers (machines that split water into its constituent hydrogen and oxygen) need a catalyst, namely platinum, to run; ditto fuel cells to recombine that hydrogen with oxygen, which produces electricity.
A fuel cell converts chemical energy into electricity by reacting hydrogen and oxygen at two different electrodes.
Fuel Cells Electricity from any source, such as solar, wind and even coal, can be used to break up water molecules into their hydrogen and oxygen components in a device called an electrolyzer.
Two - way fuel cells Meanwhile, Versa, a solid oxide fuel cell stack supplier, is working with Boeing and «a large European company» on an innovative reversible SOFC that cycles back and forth between providing power and electrolyzing water into hydrogen and oxygen, Stokes says.
Under working conditions the hydrogel - modified fuel cell is able to convert chemical energy from hydrogen into electrical energy over several weeks, while in absence of the hydrogel, the hydrogenase is deactivated within seconds.
This fuel cell converts hydrogen into electricity by oxygen - ion migration to fuel electrode through an oxide electrolyte.
During my drive, I kept listening, in vain, for the whine of the air compressor that force - feeds oxygen into the fuel cell to mix with the hydrogen to create electricity.
Rechargeable batteries are too heavy for the job, so engineers are planning to try a technology that would use current to separate water into oxygen and hydrogen during the day, and then reverse the process at night via fuel cells to produce electricity.
The Chevrolet Equinox starts with a chirping sound, as gas injectors pump hydrogen into its handmade fuel cell stack.
«Why not just put the hydrogen in a fuel cell instead of putting it into petroleum?
«We've got a real fun race going on here between plugging in vehicles and storing electricity in the battery versus pumping hydrogen into a tank and creating electricity from a fuel cell,» says Larry Burns, GM's vice president of research and development.
He added that using solar cells and abundantly available elements to split water into hydrogen and oxygen has enormous potential for reducing the cost of hydrogen production and that the approach could eventually replace the current method, which relies on fossil fuels.
A consortium of partners headed by the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories is looking to integrate a portable hydrogen fuel cell unit into the operations of Younger Brothers Ltd., the primary shipper of goods throughout the Hawaiian Islands.
The hydrogen is sent to hydrogen fuel cells that turn it into electricity.
Hydrogen Hydrogen - based energy storage looks great on paper: Use electricity to split hydrogen out of water, then convert the hydrogen back into electricity in a fuel cell whenHydrogen Hydrogen - based energy storage looks great on paper: Use electricity to split hydrogen out of water, then convert the hydrogen back into electricity in a fuel cell whenHydrogen - based energy storage looks great on paper: Use electricity to split hydrogen out of water, then convert the hydrogen back into electricity in a fuel cell whenhydrogen out of water, then convert the hydrogen back into electricity in a fuel cell whenhydrogen back into electricity in a fuel cell when needed.
Fuel cells convert chemical energy into electrical energy using hydrogen and oxygen — with water as the only product.
In a simple fuel cell, anodes draw in hydrogen fuel and separate it into protons and electrons.
Haile's team will also investigate making the fuel cells reversible, which would transfer electricity back into hydrogen for placement on grid backup.
One of the most promising ideas for storing renewable energy is to use the excess electricity generated from renewables to split water into oxygen and hydrogen; the hydrogen can then be fed into fuel - cell vehicles.
It will focus on catalyst development for four applications: proton exchange membrane fuel cells to convert stored energy in non-fossil fuels into electricity; electrolysers for splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen — a potential clean fuel cell source; syngas, a mixture of CO and H2, which is generated from coal, gas and biomass, and widely used as a key intermediate in the chemical industry; and lithium - air batteries.
It's actually quite remarkable what's happening: Hydrogen and air flow into a fuel cell, which converts the gasses into electricity and heat.
The fuel cell converts hydrogen into electricity to power the high - torque electric motor.
Yet this hasn't deterred a growing number of automakers from pouring vast amounts of money into the development of hydrogen fuel - cell technology, which can provide a car with range commensurate with conventional gasoline - engine models while emitting nothing but water in the form of steam.
The Mirai is the culmination of 20 years worth of research into hydrogen fuel - cell vehicles, and underneath the dramatic bodywork (and the Lexus ct200h / Toyota Prius platform) is a powertrain that takes compressed hydrogen and pushes it through membranes that separate the electrons from the hydrogen, using them to power an electric motor that drives the front wheels like in a regular electric car.
It includes a 3 - panel greenhouse, 20 - inch rims, recycled water in tanks on the roof with a hydrogen converter and hydrogen fuel cells, 4 wheel - hub motors, a «Terra - Scan» 360 - degree topography scanner on the roof, side skirts illumination indicating the operating and charge status of the energy packs, a roof rack and additional lamps integrated into the roof.
FCX Clarity: Honda's hydrogen - powered fuel cell vehicle is trickling into Southern California garages as part of a test for an eventual launch in 2018.
The futuristic van is a glimpse into the future, not only with its self - driving capabilities and forward - thinking design, but also with its hybrid hydrogen fuel cell and electric charging system.
Toyota is proudly pairing the Prius with the new Mirai hydrogen fuel cell vehicle of which the first three dozen or so were sold in October in California — with plans to ramp up as infrastructure rolls out, into the Northeast corridor by end of 2016, and with more to follow.
The fuel cell combines the hydrogen — which has to be pumped into the vehicle and stored in a tank — with oxygen from the outside air, and uses this to generate electricity to run the car's electric motor.
The Clarity Fuel Cell model also has small EV batteries under the front seat to boost acceleration when you step on the throttle, and before the car can push enough hydrogen and air into the fuel cells stack to create electricity; think of it as fuel cell turbo Fuel Cell model also has small EV batteries under the front seat to boost acceleration when you step on the throttle, and before the car can push enough hydrogen and air into the fuel cells stack to create electricity; think of it as fuel cell turbo Cell model also has small EV batteries under the front seat to boost acceleration when you step on the throttle, and before the car can push enough hydrogen and air into the fuel cells stack to create electricity; think of it as fuel cell turbo fuel cells stack to create electricity; think of it as fuel cell turbo fuel cell turbo cell turbo lag.
First, there was the 2017 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell, which converts gaseous hydrogen and air (oxygen) into water vapor plus enough electrons to drive the motor 366 miles.
It sucks in Air thru a Throttle like a Gas Powered car but this Air goes into a Fuel Cell and mixes with Hydrogen Fuel where the Mix makes lots of electricity.
The first two Clarity models on sale were the Clarity Electric, left, and the Clarity Fuel Cell, which converts gaseous hydrogen into water, giving off billions of electrons to drive the car.
A fuel cell takes hydrogen and oxidizes it to create an electrical charge, which is then channeled into a battery and used by electric motors.
It is a Whole Earth Catalogue of green systems, with a rainwater collection system; hydroponic garden to grown food for the community; biological wastewater treatment system to convert black water to greywater and potable water; earth tubes to funnel clean, natural air into the building through underground ducts; vertical axis wind turbines and solar panels for on - site green energy; and hydrogen fuel cells powered by methane, a byproduct of the wastewater treatment system.
Why not just put the nuclear power produced hydrogen into fuel cell or H2 combusting engines and skip the hydrocarbon synthesis step?
Also, it is inefficient to use electricity to generate hydrogen, transport the hydrogen, and turn it back into electricity in vehicles powered by fuel cells.
The first half is done in an electrolyzer, which splits a water molecule into hydrogen and oxygen, and the second half in a fuel cell, which puts them back together.
«I don't want to turn this into a debate on hydrogen fuel cells because I just think that they're extremely silly.
I base this view on a trip I took to Iceland a few years ago as a guest of General Motors to see how the island of glaciers and geysers use the earth's geothermal heat to convert water into hydrogen, hydrogen that runs a few demonstration fuel cell cars and buses.
If privately - owned fuel cell vehicles were to be capable of being readily refueled, this would require reformers (equipment capable of reforming, say, natural gas into hydrogen) to be located at filling stations, and would also require natural gas to be available there as a hydrogen feed - stock.
This technology would enable the conversion of conventional hydrocarbons into highly - efficient hydrogen molecules underneath the hood for use in a fuel cell that would emit only water vapor from the tailpipe.
The hydrogen could then be reused to generate electricity when needed, injected into the heating system or used as low - emission fuel for hydrogen fuel - cell cars.
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