Title :
Design of a fuel cell powered radio, a feasibility study into alternative power sources for portable products
Author_Institution :
Human Power Res. Group, Delft Univ. of Technol.
Abstract :
In this paper, the authors describe a feasibility study into the use of a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) in a portable radio. They compare the results from this study with recent developments in fuel cell technology. Fuel cells have the potential advantage of combining a low environmental impact with a high energy density. They may help to alleviate the battery waste disposal problem and the discomfort for consumers originating from recharging or buying new batteries
Keywords :
fuel cells; mobile radio; power supplies to apparatus; radio equipment; DMFC; alternative power sources; battery waste disposal problem; direct methanol fuel cell; energy density; environmental impact; feasibility study; fuel cell-powered radio design; portable products; technology developments; Batteries; Design engineering; Energy consumption; Energy storage; Fuel cells; Humans; Magnetohydrodynamic power generation; Methanol; Solar energy; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics and the Environment, 2000. ISEE 2000. Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5962-3
DOI :
10.1109/ISEE.2000.857641
