What are Fuel Cells?

The principle of the fuel cell was discovered by Swiss scientist Christian Friedrich Schönbein in 1838. Understanding the principle, the first fuel cell was developed by Welsh scientist Sir William Grove. In 1959 that British engineer Francis Thomas Bacon successfully developed a 5 kW stationary fuel cell. Parallely, a team led by Harry Ihrig built a 15 kW fuel cell tractor for Allis–Chalmers that was demonstrated across the US at state fairs.

Fuel cells could be the next generation energy–saving technology to generate electrical power for our homes and cars. The biggest advantage of fuel cell is that it makes power more efficiently and with less pollution. A fuel cell typically converts the chemical energy of its fuel into electricity with an efficiency of about 50%.

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