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Stem Education ‘Horizon’ | HYDROCAR Junior Kit
$ 196.00 excl. GST
► This Stem Education HYDROCAR Junior Kit introduces students to the hybrid technology that is fueling today’s automotive revolution !
• Demonstrates a complete, clean-energy system with solar to Hydrogen power generation.
• Powered by electricity from sunlight, the reversible fuel cell illustrates the principles of water electrolysis, separating hydrogen from water and then recombining these elements to create power in an extremely efficient process.
• What’s more, the car can steer independently to avoid running into obstacles.
Features:
• Great entry-level Fuel Cell Car Kit, and a best seller !
• Demonstrates electrolysis of water into Oxygen and Hydrogen.
• Includes solar panel to power electrolysis process.
• Includes experiment guide on CD, as well as a complete assembly manual.
• Easy to build and operate, steers independently when meeting obstacles.
Includes Full STEM Education Activity Materials for:
Reversible electrolysis reactions | Reaction rates | Increasing energy efficiency and car performance | Renewable energy | Conservation of energy and energy transfer | Assembly & operation of the hydrocar.
Kit Contents:
Chassis with an LED light and motor | Reversible PEM Fuel Cell | 0.75-watt solar cell | 2 x 2 mm Connecting leads | Battery pack with connecting leads | Hydrogen tank | Oxygen tank | Inner Gas containers | Plastic plug pins for fuel cell | Transparent silicon tubing | Syringe | Assembly instructions | CD-ROM with curriculum manuals.
Experiments:
– The effect of heat on solar panels
– The effect of shade on solar panels
– The effect of tilt angle on solar panels
– Finding the solar panel’s maximum power point (requires variable resistor module-sold separately)
– Electrolysis mode generating Hydrogen & Oxygen from water
– Fuel cell mode generating electricity from Hydrogen & Oxygen
– Determining the minimum voltage for water decomposition
– Polarization states for Hydrogen fuel cells.
[View HYDROCAR pdf info: HNFCJJ-20-datasheet or HNFCJJ-20-user-manual ]
Out of stock. (can be backordered).
Stem Education 'Horizon' | HYDROCAR Junior Kit
• This Stem Education HYDROCAR Junior Kit introduces students to the hybrid technology that is fueling today’s automotive revolution !
[View HYDROCAR pdf info: HNFCJJ-20-datasheet or HNFCJJ-20-user-manual ]
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."