fuel cell
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fuel cell (plural fuel cells)
- (energy) An electrochemical device in which the intrinsic chemical free energy of fuel and oxidant is catalytically converted to direct current energy.
- 1962 February, “Talking of Trains: Fuel battery locomotives?”, in Modern Railways, page 87:
- A new energy source claimed by Mr. Coultas to be potentially applicable to locomotives is the fuel cell, now becoming more commonly known as the fuel battery. [...] The fuel cells which are furthest advanced in engineering development today use hydrogen as the fuel.
- 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Vehicles: M35 Mako Codex entry:
- The Mako is powered by a sealed hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell, and includes a small element zero core. While not large enough to nullify the vehicle’s mass, the core can reduce it enough to be safely air-dropped.
- 2023 August 23, Ben Jones, “A Fast Charge to DMUs' demise?”, in RAIL, number 990, page 30:
- Fuel cells have a shorter lifetime than batteries and their overall efficiency of a hydrogen train is much less - recent figures from Stadler show that just 25% of the energy reaches the wheels for a hydrogen train, compared with 80% for conventional electric tration or around 68% for a battery-electric train.
- (energy) Synonym of fuel tank: A fuel storage tank.
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electrochemical device
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- ^ “ASOCIACIÓN / COLEGIO NACIONAL DE INGENIEROS DEL ICAI”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 2007 August 4 (last accessed), archived from the original on 6 January 2010
- ^ “Cience@NASA – Células Frías de Combustible”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[2], 2007 August 4 (last accessed), archived from the original on 8 July 2007
