fuel cell car engine project?

Manual Burtis: Can anybody tell me why they want to waste their time on assembling under-performing stock components in a car chassis? What is the gain? To show that you can work the catalog once someone gives you the money to go shopping? I am highly skeptical of these kinds of "alternative" energy/transportation projects. They have been done at universities and colleges for decades (I have seen fuel cell concept cars twenty odd years ago). What is the result? Fuel cell efficiencies are still below what can be done with a well designed diesel hybrid and the one and only hybrid that sells is the Prius. We got one. It is a well designed car and works great. Yours, OTOH, won't be. And honestly, don't you find it weird to go scrounging for ideas on Yahoo answers? Don't you have a university library full with papers on this stuff? Did you ever do an honest literature search? Doesn't look like it....Show more

Charlotte Bryar: You will have an interesting time finding som! e of the parts, as well as integrating them into a manageable vehicle -- the form factors will be a problem. But the real problem with fuel cell vehicles is that hydrogen is a lousy fuel:- It is not a primary energy source; it has to be made using energy from coal, oil, or (usually) natural gas.- It is difficult to transport. Existing pipelines cannot carry it; the stuff creeps into the boundaries between metal crystals, embrittling them and weakening them.- It is difficult to store. The energy density is very low; a standard 220 cu ft welding cylinder of the stuff has about as much energy as half a gallon of gasoline.- It is difficult to deliver. Because of the low density, vehicle fuel tanks usually run at pressures of 5000 psi or more. This is not the sort of thing where your Aunt Hattie can drive her Buick up to the pump and fill it up herself.Fuel cells will make sense if they can be made to burn hydrocarbons such as gasoline, methane, or alcohol. That would alle! viate all of the above problems, and make them a viable altern! ative....Show more