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.
Not exact matches
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 20
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 20
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 20
Fuel -
Cell Cars,» by Steven Ashley; Scientific American, March 20
Cell 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 fue
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 fue
hydrogen 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 when
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 when
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 when
hydrogen out of water, then convert the
hydrogen back into electricity in a fuel cell when
hydrogen 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.