fuel cell

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English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfjuː(ə)l sɛl/
  • Hyphenation: fuel cell

Noun

fuel cell (plural fuel cells)

  1. (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.
  2. (energy) Synonym of fuel tank: A fuel storage tank.

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References

  1. ^ “ASOCIACIÓN / COLEGIO NACIONAL DE INGENIEROS DEL ICAI”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, 2007 August 4 (last accessed), archived from the original on 6 January 2010
  2. ^ “Cience@NASA – Células Frías de Combustible”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, 2007 August 4 (last accessed), archived from the original on 8 July 2007

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