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Extended Essay: Do fuel cell systems offer a feasible alternative to combustion engines in minimizing the harmful emissions of transport vehicles? By Paanii Ansah-Kofi Homeroom: 12A Subject: Design Technology Candidate no.: D 0114 006 Session: May 2004 Contents 1. Abstract. 3 2. Introduction. 4 2.1. Vehicle Emission Standards 5 3. Background. 6 4. Principle of the Fuel Cell System. 7 4.1. Generating Electricity with Hydrogen + Oxygen 8 4.2. Other Fuels for Running Fuel Cells 8 5. Comparison of Fuel Cell with Combustion Engine. 10 5.1. Efficiency 10 5.2. Mileage 10 5.3. Safety 11 5.4. Cost 11 6. Introducing Fuel Cell Vehicles. 12 6.1. Question of Reformers 13 6.2. The PEM Fuel Cell 14 7. Fuel Cells in Today's Consumer Vehicles. 15 8. Conclusion. 16 References/Bibliography. 17 Extended Essay: Do fuel cell systems offer a feasible alternative to combustion engines in minimizing the harmful emissions of transport vehicles? 1. Abstract. A general awareness is growing that present-day cars are polluting the environment in a critical way and that it may at some time be crucial to develop and integrate significantly cleaner alternatives into road transport to preserve the delicate conditions of our planet. This task brings not only the problems...

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