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Conference: Bucharest University Faculty of Physics 2022 Meeting


Section: Physics and Technology of Renewable and Alternative Energy Sources


Title:
Fuel cells used to power the electrical vehicles


Authors:
Daniel Tiberiu SILISTE, Sanda VOINEA


Affiliation:
University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics, Bucharest-Măgurele, 405 Atomistilor str., Bucharest-Măgurele, Romania


E-mail
danielsiliste@yahoo.com


Keywords:
renewable energy, fuel cell, electric vehicles


Abstract:
The greenhouse effect, emissions of harmful gases such as CO and CO2, fires or explosions are all the effects of the continued use of fossil fuels mainly for electricity and heating. Considered the main fuel consumer, the vehicle has also become reliable for many people no matter how polluting it is or how expensive it is to maintain. For these reasons, over time, other means have been sought to power a vehicle, at the moment, the most used version being that of an electric vehicle. The elimination of fossil fuels from human life cannot be done immediately, it takes years or maybe decades of work to replace or modify power plants, factories to become cleaner, and at the moment the efficiencies and the cost of implementing the fuel cells are not attracting enough attention from the public. This paper comes with alternative solutions to reduce as much as possible the burning of natural gas, coal or oil fuels. Also this study presents a different mechanism based on fuel cells, in which the fuel loading is faster, the emissions are still zero, and the fuel is accessible. Fuel cells are devices that produce electricity through oxidation-reduction reactions, the reaction products being very few or not at all harmful. Experimental analysis of different fuel cells highlighted the optimal parameters for obtained the maximum electric power.