How to make a hydrogen fuel cell power generator

Want to learn more about hydrogen fuel cell? I recommend reading Fuel Cell Systems Explained by Dicks and Rand which you can find here https://amzn.to/4bli0g5 Hydrogen is one of the most abundant elements in the universe and is one of the key low carbon fuels being considered for future energy and transport systems. This video covers how you can make a hydrogen fuel cell power generator, covering what is a fuel cell, the balance of plant system, how we can hybridise this with supercapacitors to increase efficiency and the system performance of the passive hybrid configuration. This 9.5 kW fuel cell system which was passively hybridised with 33 1500 F Maxwell supercapacitors was used as a demonstrator of low carbon electricity generation and was used to power a band and disco ball at outreach events including the BBC and Blue Peter. 00:17 Why hydrogen? 01:33 What is a hydrogen fuel cell? 03:11 Balance of plant 05:09 Fuel cell performance - The polarisation curve and transient performance 06:31 What causes fuel cell degradation? 07:29 System sizing 08:24 Powertrain configurations 10:54 Fuel cell passive hybrid system 12:42 Hybrid system dynamics 13:36 Performance comparison 14:31 Real world load profile 15:36 Zero-emission music - Hydrogen fuel cell powered guitar 16:41 Summary This work is based on our 2014 paper on "Design and testing of a 9.5 kWe proton exchange membrane fuel cell–supercapacitor passive hybrid system" in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. Link to paper below. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... #Hydrogen #FuelCells #Supercapacitors Twitter:   / icbillywu   Personal website: http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/bill... Personal website: https://www.billywu.xyz/ About us: http://www.imperial.ac.uk/design-engi...