0
A hydrogen vehicle is a vehicle that uses hydrogen as its onboard fuel for motive power. Hydrogen vehicles include hydrogen fueled space rockets, as well as automobiles and other transportation vehicles.
Wiki User
∙ 10y ago
Wiki User
∙ 16y agoWhether hydrogen is used in a fuel cell or burned in an internal combustion engine, the byproduct is water. Hydrogen combines with the oxygen in air thus: 2H2 + O2 = 2H2O
Wiki User
∙ 15y agomain benefit is that to avoid pollution and to save environment by avoidding cutting of trees and also safe for human life
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What are the disadvantages about hydrogen?
Hydrogen is very flammable and can easily explode. Look back the Hindenburg blimp that used hydrogen. Hydrogen burns very cleanly leaving just water vapor of a byproduct. Using Hydrogen as a fuel for cars sounds great except that you need to make it by splitting water into Hydrogen and Oxygen. That uses up as much energy as the burning of Hydrogen releases. In use as a fuel for cars, you can imagine the explosion when a hydrogen tank bursts and ignites.
What action would most likely increase the greenhouse gas?
Build more gasoline-powered cars
Can a car run on hydrogen?
Hydrogen cars usually run in one of two ways. There are cars like the Honda FCX Clarity, which uses a compressed gas form of hydrogen. The hydrogen is converted into electricity inside the car by fuel cells, which in turn powers the cars. So, these car types would still be considered electric in part because that is what is really powering the car, it is just that the hydrogen is the source of the electricity, rather than having to plug in your car at the end of the day. Then there are also cars like the BMW Hydrogen 7 Concept, which utilize the hydrogen via ICE (Internal Combustion Engine), the traditional engine type. The hydrogen, like gasoline, is used in the engine to power the car. The hydrogen in this case is a liquid form. Currently, BMW has given the Hydrogen 7 a modified V12 engine, which can use both gasoline and hydrogen at the same time. There is no clear "better way" when it comes to hydrogen, it is relatively new to cars. Both produce water vapor as their only emissions though, and serve as an alternative fuel in the future, if the hydrogen can be produced in an efficient way.
How does a Hydrogen powered car work?
Hydrogen gas reacts with oxygen gas to form water and gives off energy in the process. This energy, mostly in the form of heat, can be used as an energy source. Hydrogen fuel cells are specialized to react the hydrogen and oxygen in an optimal way so that maximum energy can be harnessed. The source of the energy is the hydrogen gas that is synthesized in a lab, usually by the electrolysis of water (which means running electrical energy through water causing it to separate into oxygen and hydrogen gas). The energy used to create the hydrogen gas can come from many sources including fossil fuels, solar, hydroelectric, etc.
Who made hydrogen?
Nobody made hydrogen---unless you believe in God and then he made hydrogen. Hydrogen was a byproduct of the cooling off of matter after the Big Bang. The first hydrogen ions are believed to have formed around a microsecond after the big bang. Actual hydrogen atoms (with electrons associated with the protons) did not occur until hundreds of thousands of years later.
Is there research on hydrogen powered cars nowadays?
yes, for sure. hydrogen cars are created today.
What are some problems associated with hydrogen powered cars?
There are no hydrogen powered cars being sold to the general public. Storage and fueling locations, and the potential hazard of the fuel, are the biggest hurdles.
What fuel will cars run on in the future?
Many alternative fuels, and there can also be air-powered cars, hydrogen powered cars, electric cars, and many more. The best part about using air, hydrogen, and electricity to power cars is that it produces 0 carbon emissions.
What is a challenge to using hydrogen as a fuel because hydrogen powered cars create less pollution than gasoline powered cars?
New fueling stations that can handle hydrogen would have to be built.
Name three ways cars might be powered in the future?
Hydrogen,Energy,Air and solar powered
Why are hydrogen powered cars considered environmentally friendly?
They produce no harmful emissions.
Have hydrogen powered cars been invented?
Concept cars have been made, but none are in mass production to date.
Vehicles today are powered by?
Gasoline and diesel are the most common. Some companies have cars powered solely by electricity, or some have cars that run on hydrogen although the hydrogen powered cars are extremely expensive and not really available to the public. Some people convert their diesel powered vehicles to run of vegetable oil, and their gas engines to run on propane gas. Ethanol is also common.
Which energy sources seem most likely to be used in future cars?
Solar, electrical, or hydrogen powered cars are most likely to be cars of the future.
Does Honda have hydrogen fuel cars on its website?
Yes, the FCX Clarity FCEV is officially out on the road. This is powered by a hydrogen fuel cell.
Hydrogen-powered cars create less pollution than gasoline-powered cars when driven. What might be a challenge to using hydrogen as a fuel?
Challenges to hydrogen as fuel include no distribution network, ie gas stations, and fear that the car co u l d explode like the Hindenburg.
What is an alternative to using gasoline powered cars?
Diesel, CNG( compressed natural gas), hydrogen, Electric, biofuels, solar, human powered(bicycle).
