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Hydrogen Cell Power: An Explosion of New Energy

By: Fuller Winton, and Hallie Fox

Hydrogen cell power is the making of electrical energy from the breaking of hydrogen and oxygen compounds. It's a efficient renewable energy, and with virtually no byproducts, it looks like hydrogen cell power could really be the future of energy resources. media type="youtube" key="RH4dgd4rXMA" height="270" width="332"[8] This video shows that although it does take energy to create pure hydrogen, that it can be done naturally, and efficiently.


 * Relevant Vocabulary Terms**
 * Compound- A chemical combination of hydrogen and oxygen [3]
 * Chemical Reaction- The process by which hydrogen and oxygen are used to create other substances such as water which when added to heat, creates electricity [4]
 * Heat Energy- The energy associated with the random motion of water produced by hydrogen [5]
 * Electrical Energy-The energy produced from making water which is converted by turbines into electrical energy [6]
 * Turbine-The device that converts the motion of water into electrical energy [7]

media type="youtube" key="PsilPXbmvsE" width="325" height="276" align="right" This video, shows, and explains every step of a hydrogen fuel cell's function. It also shows, how simple and easy it would be to use hydrogen as an everyday source of energy, as in powering a car.[9]

1.Within a fuel cell hydrogen and oxygen are stored in the form of chemical potential energy. 2. The bonds are broken, releasing the chemical potential energy. Then two hydrogen molecules attach to one oxygen molecule, which chemical potential energy, and produces water.(Not all the initial chemical potential energy is used while making water. 3. The previous breaking of the bonds creates an explosion, insinuating heat energy which turns the water into steam. 4. This steam travels to a turbine which turns this motion of the steam into electrical energy. [1]
 * Steps to Production**


 * Conservation of Energy**
 * in step two, some of the chemical potential energy, from the oxygen and hydrogen molecules. in transferred from chemical potential energy into, kinetic, energy, and then back into chemical potential energy as new bonds between the hydrogen and oxygen molecules are formed.
 * In step three,the other part chemical potential energy of the oxygen, and hydrogen molecules turns into heat energy, when the chemical bonds are broken.
 * In step 4 heat energy, and chemical potential energy are being transformed into kinetic energy, when the heat turns, the new H2o bonds (water) into steam.
 * In step five the turbine is transferring the kinetic energy into electrical energy.

This picture shows the inside of a fuel cell, how it functions, and how the left over energy is reused.

-Fuel Cells are a simply constructed so mass production costs would be very low - Hydrogen cell power is much more efficient than gasoline. - When a car is power by a hydrogen fuel cell only water vapor and heat exit the exhaust pipe, so there is barely any polution. [2] -Hydrogen is rarely found alone, so in order to create pure hydrogen it needs to be seperated from other,which uses a lot of energy which process can be expensive (hydrogen, not the fuel cells) -Hydrogen is a highly explosive element, and, and it would be more dangerous to get into an accident while driving a car powered by a hydrogen fuel cell [2]
 * Advantages**
 * Disadvantages**

This diagram shows the process of how water is made using a hydrogen fuel cell, it also shows how the heat is made, that warms turns the water into steam.

[| article on vehicles powered by fuel cells] This article is about how efficient fuel cells are, but also how far we need to come in our technology, to be able to take advantage of all the energy they produce. By not having efficient ways to store or produce hydrogen, we loss much of the fuel cell's efficiency. In the future there is hope that there will be better ways to store hydrogen, so that we can make the energy source even more efficient.


 * Footnotes**

1. Kerr, Julie, and Ph.D. Casper. //Energy: Powering the Past, Present, and Future (Natural Resources)//. 1 ed. United States of America: Chelsea House Publications, 2007. Print.

2. "Hydrogen Fuel Cells - Advantages." //Columbia University in the City of New York//. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Apr. 2010. .

3. kolean. "Compound - definition from Biology-Online.org." //Life Science Reference - Biology Online//. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2010. .

4. AFJ. "Chemical reaction - definition from Biology-Online.org." //Life Science Reference - Biology Online//. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2010. .

5. Jesse2504. "Heat Energy - definition from Biology-Online.org." //Life Science Reference - Biology Online//. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2010. .

6. 1967100. "Electrical energy - definition from Biology-Online.org." //Life Science Reference - Biology Online//. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2010. .

8. " YouTube - Hydrogen ." //YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.//. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2010. .