Car Driven by Fuel Cell using Hydrogen Gas Generated by Chemical Reaction of Aluminium

With the rising prices of fuel, people are already looking at alternative modes of transport, electric cars being one. But what if you had a car that could run on water? This prototype draws power from water and aluminium and is claimed to have zero emissions. The process of running the car on water is based on simple fuel cell technology, which uses electrochemical reactions to produce electricity. The generated electricity is sent to an electric motor that fuels and drives the car. A fuel cell powered vehicle is conceptually simple. The fuel cell provides an efficient means of converting chemical energy to electricity. If a fuel cell with adequate power capacity could be housed within the engine compartment of a vehicle, its electrical output could be used to drive an electric motor for propulsion as well as all of the electrical ancillary equipment of a modern vehicle. This work concentrates much about turbines, their maintenance and various equipments installed to ensure the safe, reliable and efficient performance of the turbine. This deals with the controls of a turbine to regulate the speed to required and tripping devices and their working at emergencies. Fuel cell vehicles have a high potential to reduce both energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. However, due to the low density, hydrogen gas limits the amount of hydrogen stored on board. This restriction also prevents wide penetration of fuel cells. Hydrogen storage is the key technology towards the hydrogen society. Currently high-pressure tanks and liquid hydrogen tanks are used for road tests, but both technologies do not meet all the requirements of future fuel cell vehicles.