Generating electricity from fuel cell

ABSTRACTMaster ThesisGENERATING ELECTRICITY FROM FUEL CELLFatih YILDIZBİLİRFirat UniversityGraduate School of Natural and Applied SciencesDepartment of Electrical Education2006, Page: 46The use of fossil fuels pase many risks an environmet and their life spans are limited.Therefore, some researches have recently been carried out an alternative fuel and alternativeenergy systems. Generating electricity from fuel cell is a new ideas and found new methods atthe turn of the twentieth century and at the beginning of twenty-oneth century. Fuel cells areclean and effective energy transformers.In this thesis study, generating electricity from fuel cell is sated which is one of themethods of generating electricity from renewable energy sources. First, the reason why fuel cellis needed is emphasized studying the fossil fuels from which much of the energy is generatedand its harm. Second, the features of hydrogen are stated, which is used as fuel to generateelectricity from fuel cells, and which is a renewable energy. Last, information about runningprinciple of fuel cells and the kind of fuel cells is placed in this study.Key words: Fuel Cell, Hydrogen, Renewable Energy.