Last year AeroVironment, a Californianfirm, flew an unmanned surveillance plane, the Global Observer, which was
powered by a fuel cell.
Power can either be through the use of electric motors
powered by fuel cell technology or by improved internal combustion engines.
Toyota has become the first manufacturer to build a production car ready for sale that is
powered by a fuel cell.
The Mirai is
powered by a fuel cell which generates electricity from a chemical reaction between atmospheric Hydrogen and Oxygen.
However, Hyundai is looking to slash fuel usage significantly, and earn global bragging rights for technology at the same time, by introducing a Tucson
powered by a fuel cell.
The LF - 1 concept could be
powered by fuel cell, hybrid, plug - in hybrid, gasoline, or even all - electric powertrains.
Recently, the plant started to produce the Mercedes - Benz SLS AMG and a small series of the B - Class
powered by a fuel cell.
The LF - 1 concept could be
powered by fuel cell, hybrid, plug - in hybrid, gasoline, or even all - electric.
Mercedes - Benz is not providing many details on the F 015 Luxury in Motion concept's powertrain, but does say that the car uses an electric drivetrain
powered by a fuel cell.
Early reports suggested that the next Murano would be based on the Terra concept from last year's Paris motor show, but that blockier show car — which was
powered by a fuel cell — appears to have been shelved in favor of this creased, swoopy concept.
In fact, we can clearly see its elements: cars,
powered by fuels cells; aeroplanes, powered by hydrogen; and maglevs, powered by electricity, probably nuclear.
In the Greentech column of this weekend's Autos section in The New York Times, Norman Mayersohn has a nice overview of Honda's new hydrogen - fueled FCX Clarity, a (very) limited - edition sedan
powered by fuel cells that, Mayersohn writes, Honda will begin leasing to a handful of private customers next summer.
Most scientists agree that we can reduce our carbon emissions over time by using everything from solar energy to carbon sequestration, from windmills to nuclear power plants, from hybrid autos to
those powered by fuel cells.
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 trucks whose refrigeration units are
powered by fuel cells, a clean technology that makes energy silently and with dramatically reduced emissions that makes energy silently and with dramatically reduced emissions.
The Environmentally Friendly Inter-City Aircraft
powered by Fuel Cells (ENFICA - FC) project will receive â «¬ 2.9 million (US$ 3.9 million) in funding from the European Union as part of the aeronautics and space priority of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6).
Technological changes play a big part in combatting climate change, and on 10/10/10 two of the most poignant examples of that are: 850 universities in China, India, and the US will join in the Great Power Race clean energy competition; and, in Barbados, a group of young people will demonstrate a hovercraft they've built which is
powered by fuel cells.
These electric trucks are
powered by fuel cells, which convert hydrogen and air into electricity while emitting only water vapor.
Not exact matches
Battery -
powered cars offered
by the likes of Tesla are gaining traction faster than
fuel cell vehicles backed
by Hyundai and Toyota Motor Corp..
Beyond using this clean electricity to
power homes, offices and manufacturing plants, the Chinese also view it as the
fuel of choice for the growing number of vehicles hitting the road, setting a goal of putting five million «new energy» vehicles (EVs, plug - in hybrids and
fuel -
cell cars) on the road
by 2020.
The center in Maiden, N.C., produces 167 million kilowatt hours, the
power equivalent of 17,600 homes for one year, from a 100 - acre solar farm and
fuel cell installations provided
by Silicon Valley startup Bloom Energy.
And other carmakers like Toyota Motor and Honda are investing heavily in eco-friendly cars; however, they are betting big that the vehicles will be
powered by hydrogen
fuel cells, rather than rechargeable electric batteries.
A new water splitter
powered by a single AAA battery could reduce the carbon pollution created from making hydrogen
fuel cells, scientists report August 22 in Nature Communications.
Speeches came from a variety of speakers, including a science broadcaster and writer, a Pakistani - born Canadian Muslim who works in STEM, a Pakistani - born professor who studies
cell biology and anatomy; and, an emergency room physician who helped start the process to phase out coal -
fueled power plants
by 2030 in Alberta.
And on a different technological track, hydrogen -
powered fuel -
cell cars —
powered by devices Musk has publicly called «fools
cells» — are beginning to enter the market, led
by Japanese automakers.
Supporting a rail system
powered by hydrogen
fuel cells, for example, would require an entirely new infrastructure because hydrogen, being a small molecule, would leak through existing pipelines.
Previously, researchers have produced hydrogen gas in microbial -
powered, batterylike
fuel cells, but only when they supplemented the energy produced
by the bacteria with electrical energy from external sources — such as that obtained from renewable sources or burning fossil
fuels, says Bruce Logan, an environmental engineer at Pennsylvania State University, University Park.
Saab's combustion - control engine has leapfrogged the manufacturers still studying
fuel cells, methanol
fuels, and electrics
by reinventing an ordinary internal - combustion gasoline
power plant that recycles unburned components of its exhaust.
The program is an opportunity for consumers in California, New York State and the District of Columbia to test about 100 of the company's Equinox sports utility vehicles
powered by hydrogen
fuel cells.
The board is a DC / DC converter that evens out the
power generated
by the
fuel cells, which fluctuates with the amount of sweat produced
by a user, and turns it into constant
power with a constant voltage.
It's possible to produce hydrogen to
power fuel cells by extracting the gas from seawater, but the electricity required to do it makes the process costly.
This
power failure, the team found, is caused
by disruption to the
cells» mitochondria — the tiny powerhouses that
fuel all
cell life — when they become destabilized during the «resuscitation» period after a heart attack and trigger chaotic
cell - to -
cell signaling that interferes with the heart's entire electrical network.
By doubling the
power density of the
fuel cell stack, GM engineers halved its size as well as halved the amount of expensive materials, such as platinum catalysts, that such
fuel cells require.
Ultimately, hybrid vehicles and electric cars — whether
powered by batteries or
fuel cells — will deliver even more environmental rewards.
Unfortunately, the other great hope for vehicles that exhaust no carbon — those
powered by hydrogen - fed
fuel cells — remains too pricey for broad sales.
Sandia leads a number of other hydrogen research efforts, including the Hydrogen
Fueling Infrastructure Research and Station Technology (H2FIRST) project co-led
by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), a maritime
fuel cell demonstration, a development project focused on hydrogen -
powered forklifts and a recent study of how many California gas stations can safely store and dispense hydrogen.
Automobiles
powered by hydrogen
fuel cells are often lampooned as the cars of the future — and they always will be.
«That's why we are concentrating on building high - technology combustion engine cars, hybrid cars, as well as electric cars
powered either
by batteries or
fuel cells.
Electricity produced
by a
fuel cell by combining hydrogen and oxygen
powered an electric motor to turn the two - seat test glider's propeller and enabled it to fly for roughly 20 minutes at 62 miles per hour (100 kilometers per hour) at about 3,300 feet (1,000 meters) above sea level.
Fuel -
cell vehicles have long promised several major advantages over those
powered by electricity or hydrocarbons.
A microbial
fuel cell — which generates
power by feeding organic matter (which saliva has lots of) to bacteria, which, in turn, produce electrons — was a natural candidate for their projects.
However, its future potential uses are significantly limited
by scarcity and cost, as well as the fact that platinum readily binds with carbon monoxide, which «poisons» the desired reactions, for example in polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM)
fuel cells, which are the leading contenders for small - scale and mobile
power generation not based on batteries or combustion engines.
The
power plants that
fuel liver
cells rapidly splinter when exposed to bile salts that aid digestion, prompting
cell death, but blocking this excessive fission appears to protect the liver, according to research by Medical College of Georgia Cell Physiologist Dr. Yisang Y
cell death, but blocking this excessive fission appears to protect the liver, according to research
by Medical College of Georgia
Cell Physiologist Dr. Yisang Y
Cell Physiologist Dr. Yisang Yoon.
Electric vehicles,
powered by hydrogen
fuel cells, provide the demanded driving range and low environmental impact.
A new design of algae -
powered fuel cells that is five times more efficient than existing plant and algal models, as well as being potentially more cost - effective to produce and practical to use, has been developed
by researchers at the University of Cambridge.
While this is still only around a tenth of the
power density provided
by conventional solar
fuel cells, these new BPVs have several attractive features, they say.
A foldable, paper - based, urine -
fueled, microbial
fuel cell system that
powers an emergency radio beacon has been developed
by researchers at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol).
The capabilities of Test
Cell 1 include a
fuel / air combustion skid for energy input; cooling systems for heat removal; 130 kW eddy - current dynamometer for precision
power measurements; and instrumentation, system protection, and
power control channels.For measuring the thermal output of
fuel - fired thermal energy systems, such as a gas - fired liquid - metal evaporator for Stirling engines, Test
Cell 1 offers a gas - gap calorimeter, which simulates the engine
by allowing the liquid metal to condense at operating temperatures.
Controlling methanogenesis and improving
power production of microbial
fuel cell by lauric acid dosing
Cell - Tech ™ is designed to enable you to perform better in explosive movements such as jumping, and 100 metre sprinting which require high intensity
power output
fuelled by the ATP - PC system.