CONTENIDO:A short history of the fuel cell
Systems and components overview
Building the K18 hard graphite convection single slice fuel cell
Simple tools do the job
Preparing the graphite
Preparing de other parts
Assembling the K18 fuel cell
Electrolyzes work
Building the p38 electrolyze
Building the l78 soft graphite single slice fuel cell
Designing fuel cells
Experimental methods for making MEAs
Resources
Resumen
The technology of the future is here today - and now available to the non-engineer! Build Your Own Fuel Cells contains complete, easy to understand illustrated instructions for building several types of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells - and, templates for 6 PEM fuel cell types, including convection fuel cells and oxygen-hydrogen fuel cells, in both single slice and stacks.
Low tech/high quality
Two different low-tech fuel cell construction methods are covered: one requires a bandsaw and drill press, and the other only a few hand tools. Anyone with minimum skills and tools will be able to produce high quality fuel cells from readily obtainable materials - contact info for materials suppliers is included.
Electrolyzers and MEAs
Build Your Own Fuel Cells includes a detailed discussion of building a lab electrolyzer to generate hydrogen to run fuel cells - and templates for the electrolyzer. Also covered is setting up a PV solar panel to power the electrolyzer, and experimental low-tech methods for producing membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs - the heart of the fuel cell).
Build Your Own Fuel Cells, 221 pages, over 140 B&W photos and illustrations, including 39 templates.
