Project Scope Fuel Cell Operated Vehicle

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Project Scope Fuel Cell Operated Vehicle

• By
• Nathan Mayse
• Washington Reed
• Nicholas Willis

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Project Overview

• Hydrogen Production Unit Design (HotSpot)
• Fuel Cell Design (PEM)
• Integrating Heat and Work

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Product Specifications and Performance
Requirements

• Sufficient Power Source
• Long Distance Travel
• Good Quality Hydrogen Fuel

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Raw Material Requirements

• Methanol for Fuel
• Special Material needed for Methanol Fuel Tank
• Special Catalytic Materials needed for Reactors
• Special Catalytic Materials needed for Fuel Cells

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Constraints

• Frame Size of Vehicle
• Fuel Cell Capacity
• Methanol Fuel Tank Capacity

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Storage Requirements

• Fuel Tank needed for Methanol

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Emissions and Waste Treatment

• Environmentally Safe Exhaust
• Fuel Cell Specifications
• Carbon Monoxide Clean-up

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Utility Requirements

• Air needed for Carbon Dioxide Clean-up

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Environmental Impact

• Production from biomass instead of the typical
  hydrocarbons being produced from fossil fuels

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Market and Time to Market

• Final Design November 2004
• Start Production Early 2005
• Vehicles Market Summer of 2005
• Project Lifetime 10 Years (2015)