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    2.1.3 Fuel Energy Source

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    A fuel cell converts fuel into electricity through a chemical reaction with oxygen or another oxidizing agent. Hydrogen produced from natural gas reforming is most common, but hydrocarbons like natural gas and alcohols can also be used. Fuel cells require a continuous fuel and oxygen supply to sustain the reaction and produce electricity, unlike batteries which react internally stored chemicals. Fuel cells have been used since the 19th century and are now used for transportation, backup power, and portable power applications. There are multiple fuel cell types classified by electrolyte; individual cells produce low voltages so multiple cells are stacked to increase voltage.

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    2.1.3 Fuel Energy Source

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    A fuel cell converts fuel into electricity through a chemical reaction with oxygen or another oxidizing agent. Hydrogen produced from natural gas reforming is most common, but hydrocarbons like natural gas and alcohols can also be used. Fuel cells require a continuous fuel and oxygen supply to sustain the reaction and produce electricity, unlike batteries which react internally stored chemicals. Fuel cells have been used since the 19th century and are now used for transportation, backup power, and portable power applications. There are multiple fuel cell types classified by electrolyte; individual cells produce low voltages so multiple cells are stacked to increase voltage.

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    A fuel cell converts fuel into electricity through a chemical reaction with oxygen or another oxidizing agent. Hydrogen produced from natural gas reforming is most common, but hydrocarbons like natural gas and alcohols can also be used. Fuel cells require a continuous fuel and oxygen supply to sustain the reaction and produce electricity, unlike batteries which react internally stored chemicals. Fuel cells have been used since the 19th century and are now used for transportation, backup power, and portable power applications. There are multiple fuel cell types classified by electrolyte; individual cells produce low voltages so multiple cells are stacked to increase voltage.

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    2.1.3 Fuel Energy Source

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    A fuel cell converts fuel into electricity through a chemical reaction with oxygen or another oxidizing agent. Hydrogen produced from natural gas reforming is most common, but hydrocarbons like natural gas and alcohols can also be used. Fuel cells require a continuous fuel and oxygen supply to sustain the reaction and produce electricity, unlike batteries which react internally stored chemicals. Fuel cells have been used since the 19th century and are now used for transportation, backup power, and portable power applications. There are multiple fuel cell types classified by electrolyte; individual cells produce low voltages so multiple cells are stacked to increase voltage.

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    3 Fuel Energy Source


    A fuel cell is a device that converts the energy for fuel into electricity through a chemical
    reaction

    with oxygen

    or

    another

    oxidizing

    agent.

    Hydrogen produced

    steam methane reforming of natural gas is the most common fuel, but for

    from

    the

    greater efficiency

    hydrocarbons can be used directly such as natural gas and alcohols like methanol. Fuel cells are
    different from batteries in that they require a continuous source of fuel and oxygen/air to sustain
    the chemical reaction whereas in a battery the chemicals present in the battery react with each
    other to generate an electromotive force (emf). Fuel cells can produce electricity continuously for
    as long as these inputs are supplied
    The first fuel cells were invented in 1838. The first commercial use of fuel cells came more
    than a century later in NASA space programs to generate power for probes, satellites and space
    capsules. Since then, fuel cells have been used in many other applications. Fuel cells are used for
    primary and backup power for commercial, industrial and residential buildings and in remote or
    inaccessible areas. They are also used to power fuel-cell vehicles, including forklifts
    automobiles, buses, boats, motorcycles and submarines.
    There are many types of fuel cells, but they all consist an cathode an electrolyte that allows
    charges to move between the two sides of the fuel cell. Electrons are drawn from the anode to the
    cathode through an external circuit, producing direct current electricity. As the main difference
    among fuel cell types is the electrolyte, fuel cells are classified by of electrolyte they use
    followed by the difference in startup time ranging from 1 sec for PEMFC to 10 min for RSOFC.
    Fuel cells come in a variety of sizes. Individual fuel cells produce relatively small electrical
    potentials, about 0.7 volts, so cells are "stacked", or placed in series, to increase the voltage and
    meet an application's requirements. In addition to electricity, fuel cells produce water, heat and,
    depending on the fuel source, very small amounts of nitrogen dioxide and other emissions. The
    energy efficiency of a fuel cell is generally between 4060%, or up to 85% efficient in
    cogeneration if waste heat is captured for use.

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