Design of HHO cell as energy source for electric vehicles

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Mechanical Engineering Department, Canadian International College, Egypt.

2 Chemical Engineering, Engineering Research Division, National Research Centre (NRC).

3 Military Technical College, Egypt.

10.1088/1757-899X/610/1/012089

Abstract

Hydrogen has proven itself to be a great source of energy due to its physical characteristics and its high availability. One way to use the energy inside hydrogen is the fuel cell. But inside a moving car, hydrogen storage tank existence requires high precautions and present many increasing risks; so our idea takes the theory of HHO (hydrogen generator) to separate hydrogen and then utilize a fuel cell to produce clean source of energy. This produced electrical energy will be used in operating an electrically powered car, and in charging the HHO cell. Electrically powered cars as an aim draws us to this work, the first part for producing hydrogen gas from water, the design parameters of the electrochemical cell, and
the reached findings will be presented. It was found that stainless steel 304 was more convenient for the electrode materials compared with other metals. The amount of hydrogen evolved was confirmed by pop-sound test. The fuel cells was settled to be the most effective way to handle this source of power as its efficiency is relatively high. The fuel cells are used to convert the power in the hydrogen atoms to electricity by combining them with oxygen atom forming water
molecules.

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