This blog provide information about Alternative energy & Renewable energy which become more significant since energy sources ; such as coal, natural gas etc , have been highly used during few decades. So it is time for us to take more consideration about alternative energy and get their beneficial use before existing energy sources has been exhausted.

21/09/2008

Water Fuel Cell: The Next Best Thing among Car Owners

With the staggering price of fuel, more and more people are beginning to rely on public transportation, if they do stay with their cars they will just have to bear the additional financial burden. Much to the motorists annoyance.
Still, there´s a newfound solution or alternative to this fuel crisis: A new form of energy that will run cars on water instead of fuel. Yes, you read that right. It can be made possible with the right application of technology combined with the wonders of science of a car fuel cell.
Don´t think that water alone will make the car run. That would be science fiction already. What will happen is that a small amount of water will be used (it will be converted into gas actually) combined with gasoline.
Electricity is sourced from the battery. Water and electric is passed through a membrane, and this is what´s behind the concept of a fuel cell. An electrolysis device should be mounted to the car´s engine for one to have a water fuel cell. Since there are two molecules of hydrogen in water, hydrogen gas or H2 can be taken from it through electrolysis. Once taken out and gathered, it will be released in the car´s engine air intake system. From there, it will travel to the combustion chambers where it will eventually get united with gasoline vapor. Alongside with the process of electrolysis, a hydrogen generator is needed to convert water into hydrogen gas.
Proven to be three times more powerful than normal gas, hydrogen gas will make the engine function better and stronger, and there will be less exhaust emissions as well. The materials that are required to run cars on water are easily obtainable from local hardware store or right from one´s garage. The budget usually plays at around $150.
With the incessant rise in fuel cost, taking advantage of a water fuel cell for your car would be the next best thing to do, and there is more information regarding how a car fuel cell will help you save money and at the same time boost your engine´s performance available at this website

Alternative energy article
by Sturat

How Wind Power Works - alternative energy

Wind is a natural environmental occurrence in which air flows at varying rates throughout isolated areas or on a global scale. Since wind is a force, it can be put to use if harnessed appropriately.
Wind power is not new, and has been used for thousands of years, albeit it is only recently that it has been converted in to electricity for those power companies who are going green. Even today, sail boats use wind as their means of transportation. It was not until 1979 that the wind industry we know today came in to existence. Since then, countries have quickly adopted it, and in recent years, wind power has been the fastest growing source of renewable energy. Denmark is a leading example of how useful wind energy can be, as they generate one-fifth of their national electricity from wind.
Air is a fluid comprised of gaseous particles, and since particles have mass, they exert kinetic energy when in motion. Wind turbines simply convert this energy in to a more useful form. When fast moving air comes in contact with a turbine, it forces it to turn. The device is connected to a generator close by that changes the rotational energy in to stored energy. Being that one wind turbine cannot collect large amounts of energy on its own, wind farms have been established that utilize a multitude of wind apparatuses.
The primary design most people are familiar with is the horizontal axis-wind turbine, which is the three bladed structure shown when referring to wind power. The alternative is the vertical-axis design, although these are much less efficient than their horizontal counterparts, and thus are rarely used.
Like other forms of renewable energy, wind turbines are continually becoming more efficient, so in the future, it will take less space and fewer turbines to generate the same amount of wind energy that we can now.

Alternative energy
by Justin Kander
The author works with GreenExperience.net, a blog that helps people go green

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