Alternative Fuels Hybrid Cars What do you know?

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Alternative FuelsHybrid CarsWhat do you know?
Hybrid Car Quiz http//auto.howstuffworks.com/hyb
rid-car-quiz1.htm
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Alternative FuelsHYDROGEN

• Hydrogen
• Most abundant element in the universe
• Composes about 75 of the universal elemental
  mass
• Atomic number 1
• Diatomic gas H2
• Colorless, odorless and tasteless

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Alternative FuelsHYDROGEN

• Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine
• Hydrogen gas stored in pressurized tank
• Hydrogen burns in a modified ICE
• Power output for Hydrogen is 42 more than gas
  using carburetors and 20 with injectors
• Combustion formula including nitrogen in the air
  is
• H2 O2 N2 H2O N2 NOx

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Alternative FuelsHYDROGEN

• Hydrogen Fuel Cells
• Hydrogen can be produced as a by-product,
  reformation or electrolysis
• Hydrogen can be stored as a gas or liquid
• Hydrogen is reacted with oxygen to electricity
• An electric motor turns the transmission

U-Tube Video how fuel cells work http//www.alter
native-energy-news.info/technology/hydrogen-fuel/
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Alternative FuelsHYDROGEN

• PROS
• Tue Zero Emission Vehicle
• No operational greenhouse gas emissions
• Very highly efficient
• More energy pound for pound than gasoline
  better mileage

• CONS
• Hydrogen is not naturally occurring it must be
  produced
• Fuels are expensive
• Fuels currently last 7300 hours2

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Alternative FuelsHYDROGEN
Fuel Cells What do you know ?
Fuel Cell Quiz http//auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-
efficiency/alternative-fuels/fuel-cell-quiz.htm