3. Integrating a Hydrogen Fuel Cell in a Vehicle as a Hybrid for a Sustainable Energy Application

The current energy source for a typical transportation vehicle is mainly non-renewable energy such as fossil fuel. The combustion of fossil fuel in the engine will produce carbon emissions into the air. This is called greenhouse gas (GHG) emission. High amount of GHG in the atmosphere will result in advanced greenhouse effect that will result in higher global temperature every oncoming year. The solution to reduce GHG released into the atmosphere is by reducing the usage of combustion engine vehicles on the road. Therefore, an electric vehicle (EV) is the ideal type of transportation as it emits zero-carbon emission. However, a typical EV is too expensive, takes too long to recharge and relies on lithium ion for the battery structure where lithium is a non-renewable source and can deplete in the future. Hence, a hydrogen fuel cell is a device that exploits the energy transfused between oxygen and hydrogen molecules into water and electrochemical energy that could directly be connected to a load for power consumption. Since oxygen and hydrogen are renewable and abundant resource on earth, this project focuses on the study of utilizing a hydrogen fuel cell as an energy source for a clean and hybrid transportation vehicle. Furthermore, this project aims to develop a remote control (RC) car that uses the hydrogen fuel cell technology as a hybrid to drive the motor of the car by supplying hydrogen and oxygen to the fuel cell. By accomplishing the development of this prototype, it would simulate the possibility of using hydrogen fuel cell technology to power a real hybrid passenger vehicle achievable in real-life applications.