The Eco Power Strip is an alternate energy production source that bypasses traditional oil and the new-age hydrogen alternatives. Electricity is produced by electrolysis – the combination of oxygen with hydrogen in bio-ethanol (DEFC: Direct-ethanol fuel cells); using energy without carbonic acid gas. The tech is viable but will we ever see this in practical applications?
Designers: Jun Hyuck Choi, Jooyeon Kim & Sungi Kim
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I would like some more info on this concept. Does anyone know how to get a hold of the designers?
Thanks
How does the electricity create?
i don't understand your explanation..
How does the electricity create?
i don't understand your explanation..
Look there http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_cell
Look there http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_cell
Mistic, your explanatio doesn't help at all because most people already know how a fuel cell basically works. This is why I was shocked to see the designer suggesting use of hydrogen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZ_129_Hindenburg#The_final_flight:_May_3.E2.80.936.2C_1937 -> highly explosive when mixed with air!) for people.
So the actual explanation can be found here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct-ethanol_fuel_…
Using this method however there are two steps because first you have to get the hydrogen extracted from the ethanol. This requires a first reaction since the gas is not just bubbling around in the liquid as one might derrive from this utterly bad presentation. Seriously, more info, more investigation, more engineering before calling something a design, please!
Mistic, your explanatio doesn't help at all because most people already know how a fuel cell basically works. This is why I was shocked to see the designer suggesting use of hydrogen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZ_129_Hindenburg#The_final_flight:_May_3.E2.80.936.2C_1937“ target=”_blank”> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZ_129_Hindenburg#The_final_flight:_May_3.E2.80.936.2C_1937” target=”_blank”>(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZ_129_Hindenburg#The_final_flight:_May_3.E2.80.936.2C_1937 -> highly explosive when mixed with air!) for people.
So the actual explanation can be found here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct-ethanol_fuel_…
Using this method however there are two steps because first you have to get the hydrogen extracted from the ethanol. This requires a first reaction since the gas is not just bubbling around in the liquid as one might derrive from this utterly bad presentation. Seriously, more info, more investigation, more engineering before calling something a design, please!
Catalysts, that is the explanation. The catalyst promotes the reaction without actually taking (much) part, they do degrade over time which is why you have to replace your catalytic converter in your car. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalysis
The use of DEFC isn't as popular as the Hydrogen fuel cell because of the power density problem: there is not very much H2 in the ethanol. You would need lots of ethanol to power more than a phone charger. It's just a design for a device not a new technology.
this will never be made…. its pretty much a bomb.. yeah i dont think people should be walking around with one of these …
this will never be made…. its pretty much a bomb.. yeah i dont think people should be walking around with one of these …
H2o –> H2 +0 Seperate water (H2o) into oxygen (o2) and H (acid). give up the electric charge that give energy. nice idea, maybe too expensive to make??
Chemist here! There are three major problems with this design. First, the cathode catalyst of choice for methanol fuel cells is made from platinum. Second, although methanol fuel cells don’t emit carcinogens as byproducts they do still emit carbon dioxide. Third, methanol cells are very low power and thus not practical for most applications.