From: SFPhysics@aol.com
Date: Fri Dec 15 2000 - 12:49:29 PST
From: SFPhysics@aol.com Message-ID: <fb.efe963a.276bddd9@aol.com> Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 15:49:29 EST Subject: Fuel Cells
Making a thin membrane for the H2 and O2 to react across is difficult enough.
Adding the few molecule thick conductive layer on each side of the catalytic
membrane is yet another problem. These are engineering issues still being
worked on by large companies. Collecting the water from the process and
removing it from the cell is yet another design problem. In all, it would be
cheaper to buy a fuel cell demo from the catalogue company than to try to put
together one from scratch. If you were good with a lathe or a numerical
controlled vertical mill you could make the basic plexiglass cell to channel
the pressurized gases to the membrane in the center but this is not an easy
project even for a college Physics student with a full fabrication lab. I
would not want to say this is an impossible project but it would be
challenging!
Al Sefl
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