fuel cell - R.C. car with wireless camera powered by H2

This is a RC car that will be powered by a hydrogen fuel cell which converts hydrogen to electricity. There is also a wireless camera attached to it which will be connected to a router that will send video and audio signal to a TV, allowing us to control the RC car from a remote location. This project was created by Mathew Jaeger and Thu ya Maw at San Francisco State University in california. 5-12-07 @ 3:22 P.M.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Fuel
• cell

[Mjaeger72]

What is your last name?

[Mjaeger72]

If you have any specific questions about the car please or us please post your questions.

Once again please don't make comments about the possibility of this car working or not because it does. How else would we have been able to win 3rd place....... Thank you and have a nice day.

[Mjaeger72]

We took this car to a competition in Philadelphia last year 2007 through a organization called SHPE and we won 3rd place in a national design competition. Stanford and Carnage Melon took 1st and 2nd. Not bad for San Francisco State University.

[Mjaeger72]

Message to the previous commenter: Please do your homework before talking about things you don't understand. the tank that we had does hold a lot of hydrogen in it because in it there is a material called a metal hydride. This material needs to be activated by applying several cycles of high pressure to it. When done it acts like a sponge sucking in a lot more hydrogen.

[Mjaeger72]

When the hydrogen hits the first plate some electrons come off of the hydrogen and go through a usable circuit. The hydrogen molecule passes through the PEM. On the other side the hydrogen recombines with the electrons and with O2 which is flowing across the 2nd plate. H + 02 = H20 which is one of the two byproducts of a hydrogen fuel cell. The other is heat. If you can stack several of these plates one after another it creates a larger potential. Our fuel cell was able to produce 6V and 2A.

[Mjaeger72]

Hello. Jackie and I made this car. We used a small battery to power the camera. The car was powered off of the hydrogen fuel cell. The way a hydrogen fuel cell works is as follows. Inside the fuel cell there are several stacks of plates. Each stacking consists of two plates, a positively and negatively charged plate. Between the plates is a PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) which only allows positively charged atoms to pass through (like hydrogen).

[vicasteja0]

Hello,

I'm working in a RC fuel cell car and I'm very interesting to find out where did u buy the fuel cell and the metal hydride cartridge. Also, if the connection between the plastic tube and the cartridge was included when you purchased it. Furthermore, how did u manage to refill the cartridge once it run out of hydrogen?? Thanks

[michael80989]

Hey it's me Michael I've been trying to do dhiz all day can you PM me for evrything and even give me your number so that you can help me

[BountyUFC]

@Mjaeger72 Hi, ive been looking for a wireless camera for my RC car for a long time and cant seem to find what im looking for. What i want is a camera that can deliver a live feed back to me on a monitor. Can you recommend anything?

[jeff42951]

Do you have a website I can visit that sells fuel cells like that?

[nazgul60]

vey nice fiuel cell, ill hve a 7.4v 4 amp one for my r/c car please :D

( although it would probly be alot less powerfull than my twin lipo pack it would be twice as cool to make up for it )

[duado2008]

Hmmm.....Yeeessssss.........I would like to know how you measured the voltage and current of the motor using a manometer? For those of you who don't know a manometer is for measuring pressure. It would make sense if you used a multimeter, but not a manometer.

[rcc8rm8n]

nice hydrogen fuel cell! but the car is really quite shit ent it.