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B.TECH ELECTRICAL & ELCTRONICS VI SEM 0202921013 PRESENTS

CONTENTS

 DEFINITION
HISTORY OF FUEL CELL WORKING OF FUEL CELL DIFFERENT TYPES OF FUEL CELL ADVANTAGES

CONCLUSION

DEFINITION
PRODUCE ENERGY IN THE FORM OF
ELECTRICITY & HEAT

AS LONG AS FUEL IS SUPPLIED

HISTORY OF FUEL CELL

FUEL CELL WAS DISCOVERED BY SIR WILLIAM
GROVE IN 1839

CHARLES LANGER & LUDWIG MOND COINED

THE TERM FUEL CELL IN 1889

FUEL CELL THAT COULD CONVERT COAL OR

CARBON INTO ELECTRICITY WAS DEVELOPED IN 1900s

FRANCIS BACON DEVELOPED THE FIRST

SUCCESSFUL FUEL CELL DEVICE IN 1932

WORKING & CONSTRUCTION

FUEL CELL OPERATES LIKE A BATTERY
UNLIKE A BATTERY , FUEL CELL DOES NOT
REQUIRE RECHARGING

PRODUCES ENERGY IN THE FORM OF ELECTRICITY

& HEAT AS LONG AS FUEL IS SUPPLIED

FUEL CELL CONSISTS OF TWO ELECTRODES

SANDWICHED AROUND AN ELECTROLYTE

DIFFERENT TYPES OF FUEL CELL

ALKALI FUEL CELL :-

 ALKALI FUEL CELLS OPERATE ON COMPRESSED HYDROGEN & OXYGEN

USE A SOLUTION OF KOH IN WATER AS THEIR
ELECTROLYTE

EFFICIENCY IS ABOUT 70%

OPERATING TEMP. IS 150 TO 200 DEGREE

CENTRIGRADE

CELL OUTPUT RANGES FROM 300 WATTS TO 5

KILOWATTS

USED IN APOLLO SPACECRAFT

 P.E.M. & PHOSPHORIC ACID CELL:-

 PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL

WORKS WITH A POLYMER ELECTROLYTE IN THE FORM OF A THIN PERMEABLE SHEET

EFFICIENCY IS ABOUT 40%-50% OPERATING TEMPERATUE IS ABOUT 80

DEGREE CENTRIGRADE

CELL OUTPUT RANGES FROM 50-250

KILOWATT

ADVANTAGE
HIGH EFFICIENCY
HIGH RELIABILITY HIGH QUALITY POWER

PHYSICAL SECURITY
ENVIRONMENTAL BENFITS

CONCLUSION
IN FUTURE FUEL CELLS WILL OVERCOME THE USE OF NON-RELIABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY LIKE PETROL & DIESEL

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