Damarth Nayak, Logan Turner-Mannix, Helena Yang, Michael Pan
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Why Alternative fuels:
Alternative Fuel research journal:
When gasoline vehicles burn fossil fuels, they release smog and other toxic chemicals. These products negatively affect drivers and poison the environment. Heavy industrialization has increased impervious surfaces, which causes the toxic products to eventually make their way into water sources in the local watershed. Dirty water sources leads to acid rain, which, along with excess smog in the air, pollutes the ecosystem. Fossil fuels are also non-renewable, and obtaining them requires methods like fracking or drilling, which damages …show more content…
The solar panels contain two different layers of silicon. The top layer has phosphorus added to it giving it a negative charge and the bottom layer has Boron added to it giving it a positive charge.
When photons hit the electrons in the top plate, it gives the electrons energy to flow to the bottom plate and this shift in electrons creates an electrical current. These reactions for the solar cells themselves are denoted in different layers.
The anode side is denoted with 2H2 => 4H+ + 4e-. The cathode side is denoted with O2 + 4H+ + 4e- => 2H2O. The net reaction is denoted with the equation 2H2 + O2 => 2H2O
Pollution comparison: energy from the sun is …show more content…
In fact, a competitive solar-powered race car can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars -- and as we've already mentioned, currently, there's not a very good way to make the car useable when the sun isn't out.
The cars can reach speeds up to 50 mph (80 km/h) as they cross the entire continent without using a drop of fuel.
Design:
For one, they are long, wide and very flat. This allows them to run with minimal wind resistance while also having plenty of space for their solar cells. Even though the vehicle dimensions are large, there's typically only enough space for one person. This is to reduce the overall weight of the vehicle. They may be unconventional, but these solar-powered projects really do work.
Sites: https://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-efficiency/vehicles/solar-powered-vehicle-possibility2.htm https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/energy/solar-cell.htm
Documentation for Request for Proposal
Ref. 1) Insert reference
Ref. 2) Insert reference
Etc….
Why Alternative fuels:
Alternative Fuel research journal:
When gasoline vehicles burn fossil fuels, they release smog and other toxic chemicals. These products negatively affect drivers and poison the environment. Heavy industrialization has increased impervious surfaces, which causes the toxic products to eventually make their way into water sources in the local watershed. Dirty water sources leads to acid rain, which, along with excess smog in the air, pollutes the ecosystem. Fossil fuels are also non-renewable, and obtaining them requires methods like fracking or drilling, which damages …show more content…
The solar panels contain two different layers of silicon. The top layer has phosphorus added to it giving it a negative charge and the bottom layer has Boron added to it giving it a positive charge.
When photons hit the electrons in the top plate, it gives the electrons energy to flow to the bottom plate and this shift in electrons creates an electrical current. These reactions for the solar cells themselves are denoted in different layers.
The anode side is denoted with 2H2 => 4H+ + 4e-. The cathode side is denoted with O2 + 4H+ + 4e- => 2H2O. The net reaction is denoted with the equation 2H2 + O2 => 2H2O
Pollution comparison: energy from the sun is …show more content…
In fact, a competitive solar-powered race car can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars -- and as we've already mentioned, currently, there's not a very good way to make the car useable when the sun isn't out.
The cars can reach speeds up to 50 mph (80 km/h) as they cross the entire continent without using a drop of fuel.
Design:
For one, they are long, wide and very flat. This allows them to run with minimal wind resistance while also having plenty of space for their solar cells. Even though the vehicle dimensions are large, there's typically only enough space for one person. This is to reduce the overall weight of the vehicle. They may be unconventional, but these solar-powered projects really do work.
Sites: https://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-efficiency/vehicles/solar-powered-vehicle-possibility2.htm https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/energy/solar-cell.htm