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2. Next, use a hair drier to create a flow of hot air directed towards the back of the fuel cell.

After 30 seconds you should observe the data below and the motor and fan will be
operating at a faster speed.

Figure 9.3 – The effects of temperature applied to the ethanol fuel cell

Summary of Contents for FCJJ-24

Page 1: ...1 Horizon Fuel Cell Software Adaptor User Manual FCJJ 24...

Page 2: ...ds 10 Measuring Resistance 11 Basic Knowledge of Wind Power Technology 12 The Differences between a 3 Phase Motor Generator and a DC Motor Generator 13 The Experiments 14 Fault Diagnostics 15 Technica...

Page 3: ...nt that is specifically designed to test fuel cells And the following experiments will teach you more in one minute than you can experience in hours of tedious laboratory measurements with a meter A p...

Page 4: ...ed otherwise do not short circuit or reverse the polarity of the terminals Remove inflammable gases vapors and fluids from the vicinity of fuel cells and electrolyzers The catalysts contained in the s...

Page 5: ...ows 2000 Windows 98 Windows ME Windows NT Windows XP Windows Vista MACs with INTEL processors can use Parallels Desktop 3 0 for Mac 4 4 Minimum Computer Requirements The minimum requirements are the s...

Page 6: ...t the Horizon Fuel Cell Software Adaptor CD ROM into your computer s disc drive and close the door 2 On the Desktop right click on Start then click Explore Find your CD ROM drive D E or higher then cl...

Page 7: ...antities such as voltage current power and resistance readings are displayed The large grid area continuously displays four plotted lines in four colors The colors match the voltage current power and...

Page 8: ...l axis or a voltage current power or resistance range vertical axis The up and down arrows will zoom the plot in a vertical direction Up to increase and down to decrease The left and right arrows will...

Page 9: ...rename the files as well Click this icon to view the captured images The four meters display the voltage current power and resistance Their scales are fixed and unlike the grid plot area cannot be ch...

Page 10: ...l meaning that the two positive red terminals are connected together and the two negative black terminals are connected together but not to each other i e positive to positive and negative to negative...

Page 11: ...a To enhance the understanding between the circuit board and the computer display software these are the same colors used on the computer display software to display voltage and current USB Connector...

Page 12: ...t in amps What is a Load A load is a device that accepts the power coming from a power source and may use the power to do work like spin a motor Other loads like resistors and capacitors serve to diss...

Page 13: ...citor its value in units called Farads it can store and release energy many times faster as compared with a battery The experiments will use the capacitor to filter or smooth out the voltage ripples p...

Page 14: ...mical reactions that occur during its use All car batteries are secondary batteries that need constant recharging by the car s alternator The capacity of a battery depends on the discharge conditions...

Page 15: ...o generate wind energy The physical part and electrical symbol for a DC motor are shown below What is Electrolysis For our purposes the term electrolysis defines splitting water into its two main comp...

Page 16: ...across one set of the OUTPUT terminals The total resistance is really 11 ohms 10 ohm load resistance 1 ohm sense resistance While the fuel cell is shown as the power source a battery solar panel or wi...

Page 17: ...stance While the fuel cell is shown as the power source a battery solar panel or wind turbine can also be substituted The equivalent circuit is shown below Microprocessor 1 ohm sense resistor INPUT OU...

Page 18: ...ors that affect the wind power being converted into electrical power by the wind turbines The efficiency of wind turbines is affected by the blade parameters generator efficiency and the mechanical lo...

Page 19: ...t not touching it This coil is connected to the motor terminals with a brush type commutator The function of the commutator is to switch the polarity of the coil as the rotor rotates every half cycle...

Page 20: ...r to the load than that of the 2 half cycles per rotation from a DC motor Thus a 3 phase motor generator delivers more output than a DC motor generator Since a 3 phase motor generator does not have a...

Page 21: ...ysis Using a Battery Experiment 3 Understanding Ohm s Law Experiment 4 Electrolysis User a Solar Panel Experiment 5 Powering a Motor Load Experiment 6 Electrolysis Using a Wind Turbine Experiment 7 Po...

Page 22: ...cess the electrical data and then transmit it to the computer for display When the data is finally displayed it will not be time tagged as exactly when it was captured There will be several millisecon...

Page 23: ...cquisition Card while the clip leads attach to small components like resistors and capacitors Note how the clip ends attach to the component leads with the alligator clips clamping down on the compone...

Page 24: ...rown 2 Red 3 Orange 4 Yellow 5 Green 6 Blue 7 Violet 8 Gray 9 White For example a 4 700 ohm resistor would have the following color codes stripes beginning at the far end of the device 4 700 ohms Yell...

Page 25: ...5 There are other bands after these however they should be ignored They are generally there to indicate the accuracy of the resistor 1 5 10 etc The supplied resistors are within 5 of their rated value...

Page 26: ...Battery Holder with 2 AA batteries battery holder has its own leads 1 Red test lead 1 Black test lead 1 1 ohm resistor 1 PC computer with graphic software Setup Setup the equipment as shown below Fig...

Page 27: ...n Procedure 1 Set the battery ON OFF switch to ON 2 Verify that the hydrogen balloon is beginning to expand and that a plot similar to the one in Figure 1 2 below is beginning to be displayed Figure 1...

Page 28: ...6 Now add the 1 ohm resistor across the Output terminals and witness a plot similar to the one below in Figure 1 4 Allow the voltage to decrease to zero thus purging all the hydrogen and other gasses...

Page 29: ...ly increase with the fuel cell purging process When the fuel cell system is first setup there is a small amount of air in the tubes and the hydrogen container so the fuel cell consumes impure hydrogen...

Page 30: ...nse resistor is 2 ohms But what about the extra 0 4 ohms where did it come from This inaccuracy is caused by the fact that the load resistor is not exactly 1 ohm it could be a little more or less depe...

Page 31: ...uipment as shown below Figure 2 1 Experiment 1 Setup 1 Set the battery ON OFF switch to OFF 2 Make sure that the fuel cell is fully hydrated and that no hydrogen is left in the hydrogen balloon 3 Conn...

Page 32: ...n at the very left of the plot black line in circle As the electrolysis process continues the fuel cell s load resistance increases gets lighter allowing the battery voltage to increase as it does not...

Page 33: ...software 1 Data Acquisition Card 1 Red test lead with alligator clip 1 Black test lead with alligator clip 2 10 ohm resistors Setup Setup the equipment as shown below Figure 3 1 Initial Test Setup 1...

Page 34: ...88 volts Note Please read through this procedure first before performing the experiment as the process go fast and requires prior knowledge of what is about to happen Procedure 1 Attach the black lead...

Page 35: ...decreases even more rapidly as the second 10 ohm resistor is attached Also the formula for Ohm s Law is obeyed which is E I R Where E Voltage in Volts I Current in Amps R Resistance in Ohms With a si...

Page 36: ...omputer display is 5 7 ohms This experiment points out how resistors in parallel generate more of an electrical load to the power source as compared with just a single resistor of the same value You a...

Page 37: ...ter with graphic software Setup Setup the equipment as shown below Figure 4 1 Experiment 4 Setup 1 Remove the red wire lead from the solar panel to the Data Acquisition card for now 2 Make sure that t...

Page 38: ...performing the experiment as the elements of the process go fast and require prior knowledge of what is about to happen 1 Place the solar panel face down then connect the red wire lead to the red inpu...

Page 39: ...rolysis Process 4 Finally place the solar panel directly into the light source sun is best and observe that the voltage current and power levels increase correspondingly The solar panel will now elect...

Page 40: ...the decomposition voltage Scientists have determined that the theoretical decomposition voltage for water is 1 23 volts which is lower than what this experiment shows The difference between the theore...

Page 41: ...Black test leads 1 PC computer with graphic software Setup Setup the equipment as shown below Figure 5 1 Motor Experiment Setup 1 Remove the red wire lead from the motor to the circuit card for now 2...

Page 42: ...the experiment as the elements of the process go fast and require prior knowledge of what is about to happen 1 Click on the plot restart button the one with the double arrows in the center of the up...

Page 43: ...the motor spins for only a few seconds and the hydrogen quickly flows out of the hydrogen balloon Figure 5 3 Plot with Motor Load 3 Allow the motor to spin until the hydrogen is completely consumed T...

Page 44: ...is indicated by the spike in the red and blue lines However as the voltage decreased so did the power This can be confirmed using the formula below for computing power when voltage or current decreas...

Page 45: ...3 phase alternator technology used in commercial turbines While not as powerful as a battery or solar panel as a power source the wind turbine demonstrates yet another means for generating non pollut...

Page 46: ...e bottom of the grid display 5 Adjust the voltage vertical scale to 1 88 volts Procedure Note Please read through this procedure first before performing the experiment as the elements of the process g...

Page 47: ...ry soon the voltage will stabilize level off as shown below Figure 6 3 Electrolysis voltage leveling off 3 Next reduce the vertical voltage scale to 0 23 Figure 6 4 Examining current and power in more...

Page 48: ...ed lead from the circuit board and notice that the voltage dips slightly circle The wind turbine is completely out of the circuit at this point so the voltage is coming from the fuel cell load Figure...

Page 49: ...d with a solar panel which is a solid state device whose voltage and current outputs are nearly instantaneous A fuel cell is a heavy electrical load that makes the wind turbine work harder to power it...

Page 50: ...ck test leads 1 PC computer with graphic software Setup Figure 7 1 Experiment 7 Setup 1 Connect the USB cable between the circuit board and the computer and verify that the green and blue LEDs on the...

Page 51: ...the wind turbine then switch it on to its highest fastest setting A plot similar to the one below should begin to appear Notice that the voltage green line increases to a maximum level almost instant...

Page 52: ...of wind turbine DC voltage without a capacitor 2 In order to smooth out these voltage ripples a capacitor will be added to the circuit as in the setup below Make sure to hookup the capacitor with the...

Page 53: ...following plot should be displayed Notice that the voltage has increased and that it is somewhat smoother Depending on the value of your capacitor your results may vary The basic result is that the wa...

Page 54: ...m As a water spurt enters the bucket it temporarily fills the bucket with water Then when the spurt ceases the partially filled bucket releases the water from the hole in the bottom Repeating this spu...

Page 55: ...Wind Turbine A wind turbine cannot be efficient at all wind speed conditions The blades have contradicting requirements at high and low wind speed At low wind speeds the size of the blades should be l...

Page 56: ...Equipment 1 PC computer with graphic software 1 Data Acquisition Card 1 Red test lead with alligator clip 1 Black test lead with alligator clip 1 10 ohm resistors 1 Bio energy discovery kit not provid...

Page 57: ...the data clearly Note Please read through this procedure first before performing the experiment as the process go fast and requires prior knowledge of what is about to happen Procedure 1 Attach the b...

Page 58: ...3CHO 2H 2e 2 C2H5OH H2O CH3COOH 4H 4e 3 C2H5OH 3H2O 2CO2 12 H 12 e Cathode 4H 4e O2 2H2O During the reaction some of the ethanol is oxidated completely and turns into CO2 as in the reaction 3 while so...

Page 59: ...ions the reaction accelerates and more electricity is produced which is demonstrated by the speed of the fan motor increasing Equipment 1 PC computer with graphic software 1 Data Acquisition Card 1 Re...

Page 60: ...line is slowly moving across the bottom of the grid display 5 Adjust the voltage scale so you can see the data clearly Note Please read through this procedure first before performing the experiment as...

Page 61: ...flow of hot air directed towards the back of the fuel cell After 30 seconds you should observe the data below and the motor and fan will be operating at a faster speed Figure 9 3 The effects of temper...

Page 62: ...st to make sure the air is not too hot Below 60 is preferred Conclusions 1 Higher temperatures will make it more likely for ethanol molecules to interact with the catalysts located on the surface of t...

Page 63: ...ered into the Comm Port select icon Then go back to the Fuel Cell Adapter software and click on the number shown Then using the keyboard enter the number of the USB Serial Port you found from the Cont...

Page 64: ...mensions 2 5 x 2 5 USB Interface Electrical Limits The following measurement ranges are possible Voltage measuring range 0 volts to 5 volts Current measuring range 0 amps to 1 amp Power measuring rang...

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