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Fuel Cells
How they work, characteristics
7/18/2015
IIT Summer RET Program
Chemistry Day 2
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What did you learn?
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How is fuel for a PEM cell produced?
What are the products of a fuel cell?
What happens to the protons?
What kind of batteries are used in hybrid
vehicles?
• Why is internal cooling important?
• Name a problem with fuel cell cars
• Name an advantage of fuel cell cars
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IIT Summer RET Program
Chemistry Day 2
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Design Project
• Working in groups of 3 or 4, design your
powerplant combination of fuel cell and
energy storage device.
• Summarize your findings to present
verbally
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IIT Summer RET Program
Chemistry Day 2
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