Re: need information please!

d wrote:
If you burn it in an ICE, you get the efficiency of an ICE, a fuel cell
would be about 50-100% more efficient without the production of NOx. Also,
a fuel cell should be lighter.


At the system level, a fuel cell MAY eventually end up 10 to 15 percent better than an ICE. Certainly none do today.

But recent ICE efficiency improvements make this highly unlikely.

See http://www.tinaja.com/glib/energfun.pdf for a tutorial.

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