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Stem Education ‘Horizon’ | FUEL CELL: CAR Science Kit
$ 198.00 excl. GST
► This Stem Education science kit is ascribed as the ‘Best entry level’ CAR SCIENCE KIT option on the market !
• Demonstrate and enable students to discover principles behind the real-scale fuel cell vehicles currently being used across the world.
• Learn about conservation of energy, electric power, and other physics concepts by easy modification.
• Generate hydrogen through water electrolysis and convert it into electricity.
HYDROGEN: Fuel of the Future.
• Hydrogen offers the promise of a sustainable energy source for the future of transportation, and the potential to greatly reduce CO2 emissions.
• Hydrogen is the most commonly occurring element in the universe, a colorless, odorless, non-poisonous gas that is lighter than air.
• Hydrogen is one of the most important alternative fuels for the future, because it has the ability to replace all the fossil fuels used on the road today, and thus to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Features:
• Power an electrical circuit by solar panel or a wind turbine with profiled blades based on NASA aeronautics.
• Investigate reaction yields, reduction and oxidation, and other chemistry concepts by performing electrolysis reactions.
• Clearly demonstrate the science behind electrolysis and the decomposition of water into oxygen and hydrogen.
(Using a PEM Electrolyzer Hydrogen Fuel Cell where a Reversible PEM Fuel Cell first electrolyzes water to separate oxygen and hydrogen molecules)
• This hydrogen is then converted into electrical energy to power the car, plus, the car drives itself – capable of negotiating obstacles independent of the user.
• Whichever combination of technologies you want to explore, this science kit is a comprehensive introduction to the principles behind renewable microgrids.
Kit Contents:
Chassis and wheel set | Built-in motor | H2 storage tank | O2 storage tank | PEM fuel cell | Tubing & Cables | Solar Panel
Experiments:
– The Effect of Heat on Solar Panels
– The Effect of Shade on Solar Panels
– Fuel Cell Mode Generating Electricity from Hydrogen & Oxygen
– Determining the Minimum Voltage for Water Decomposition
– Polarization States for Hydrogen Fuel Cells.
– Finding the Solar Panel´s Maximum Power Point (*requires Variable Resistor module-sold separately)
[View CAR SCIENCE KIT pdf info: HNFCJJ-11-datasheet ]
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Stem Education 'Horizon' | FUEL CELL: CAR Science Kit
• This Stem Education science kit is ascribed as the 'Best entry level' CAR SCIENCE KIT option on the market !
[View CAR SCIENCE KIT pdf info: HNFCJJ-11-datasheet ]
WHY FUEL CELLS and HYDROGEN ?
► Fuel cells can be thought of as alternative energy devices.
They convert chemical energy into electrical energy.
Hydrogen fuel cells do this very cleanly, with no toxic emissions, and with a better efficiency.
Fuel cells do not generate energy out of thin air.
They use hydrogen.
Hydrogen is an outstanding carrier of energy.
► Hydrogen is non-toxic, renewable, easily obtained, and packed with energy.
When it combusts with oxygen, it turns into water.
This water can again be split into hydrogen and oxygen via electrolysis.
The generated hydrogen can be combusted once again, thus undergoing a limitless cycle without toxic emissions.
With a fuel cell, you can convert hydrogen into electric current without combustion.
Fossil fuels are converted into usable energy through combustion.
► The energy released during combustion is inherently difficult to capture and inefficient.
It also produces carbon dioxide, which cannot easily be converted back into a usable fuel.
A fossil fuel combustion engine at a power plant is only about 30 to 40% efficient.
This means it coverts only 30 to 40% of the energy in the fossil fuels to usable energy (electricity).
Engines in a car are even less efficient, and reach the level of 15 to 20% of efficiency.
Where does the rest of the energy go? It escapes as heat, vibration, and noise.
"STEM is an acronym for Science-Technology-Engineering-Math."