by stimulating the early implementation of economically viable sustainable energy technologies. One among them is the fuel cell technology. The paper will give the answers about the fuel cell technologies‚ providing a short description of how they work‚ areas of operation and cost considerations. This paper addresses the technical viability and economy of using various types of fuel cells to replace all the existing conventional power plants . INTRODUCTION: . The hydrogen economy consists of many
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world is ever growing. Our increasing need for energy‚ especially fuels‚ is rapidly accelerating to the point where we may run out of the resource that gives us 80% of our fuels‚ Fossil Fuels. 99% of today’s cars run using either diesel or petrol‚ (both are fossil fuels). At the rate these fuels are getting used‚ by 2020 the international oil suppliers will not be able to keep up with this high demand. There have been many different fuel alternatives to replace diesel and petrol‚ but none more seem more
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Let’s start with the basics. Aside from additives such as ethanol‚ which is made from corn‚ the gasoline and diesel fuel commonly used today derive from the same source--crude oil. Although they share the same parentage (just like motor oil‚ some plastics‚ and Velveeta)‚ they have very different properties. Gasoline is often thought of as being a single chemical‚ but it’s actually a complex mixture of hydrocarbons that generally have 4 to 12 carbon atoms in their molecules. In the case of gasoline
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Allen Chao grew up in Taiwan and his parents owned and operated a large pharmaceutical manufacturing business. After earning a doctorate degree in industrial and physical pharmacy‚ Allen chose to work as a researcher for G. D. Searle & Company. In 1983‚ Chao followed in his parents’ footsteps and started his own company‚ naming it Watson Pharmaceuticals. His company would specialize in the manufacturing of generic drugs. Like many entrepreneurs‚ Allen Chao found that starting a company is difficult
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Canada‚ the left front fuel pump warning light went on. There were a few possibilities for this to happen‚ such as the fuel pump failing‚ a fuel line clogging‚ or a empty fuel tank. The former two were easily dealt with‚ since the plane could fly without one fuel pump. However‚ the last possibility was horrifying. After a few minutes‚ the second fuel pump in the left wing began to blare. It would be too much of a coincidence for two fuel pumps to independently fail‚ or two fuel lines to independently
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the Calorific Value of Fuels Aim: To quantify the amount of energy produced by different fuels and to determine which fuel is more efficient (has a higher calorific value). Introduction: The easiest way to achieve our aim is by heating a substance with a known specific heat capacity and using the energy released from burning our fuels. This will give us the value of the heat energy released by the combustion of our two fuels. The chemical reaction for combustion: FUEL + O2
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alternative energy : bio fuel - "Ethanol in the Race of the Bio-Fuels " By: Thomas Dwyane Much talk has been going on about the use of the so-called alternative fuel sources in order to answer the demand of preserving the environment. One of the highest possible sources of this alternative fuel is ethanol‚ or that fuel which is derived from corn. Ethanol‚ also known as ethyl alcohol or grain alcohol or more commonly referred to simply as alcohol‚ is a flammable‚ colorless‚ and slightly toxic chemical
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others. (Thus creating the phrase energy cannot be created or destroyed.) There are many advantages of using fossil fuel. One is that fossil fuel help reduce the time it takes time to getting one place to another. For example: Before fossil fuel it would take the average person days to go from one state to another or hours to get travel between cities. Also‚ in using fossil fuel Power plants could produce enough energy to power their homes‚ which includes lighting‚ heat‚ central air‚ and cooking
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........................................................7 4. Environment.........................................................................................................................9 5. Advatages and disadvantages of bioethanol fuel..................... ..........................................9 6.8. Engine cold start during the winter..........................................................................11 6. Numbers
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Engine Lab Report Diesel Engine Load/N |Fuel Time/s |dH/mmH2O |Speed/r.p.m |Temp/℃ |Air consumption/kg/H |Fuel consumption/kg/H |Air-fuel ratio |Power/kw |Efficiency/ ％ | |40 |121.6 |17.5 |3018 |26.6 |130.16 |2.47 |52.7 |4.5 |0.019 | |80 |94.72 |17.5 |3009 |26.7 |130.14 |3.17 |41.05 |8.97 |0.059 | |125 |72.76 |17 |3009 |26.8 |128.25 |4.12 |31.13 |14.02 |0.111 | |171 |56.95 |17 |3000 |26.9 |128.23 |5.72 |24.33 |19.12 |0.161 | |212 |46.06 |16.5 |3006 |27.1 |126.28 |6.51 |19.40 |23.76 |0.202 | |232
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