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What engine can run hydrogen fuel cell ?

Can a normal car engine run with a hydrogen fuel cell ?If can't then what kind of engine can run with it ?

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Okay, those two both seem to have missed the point of your question. Hydrogen fuel cells don't generate energy in the same manner as a combustion driven engine. The engine that is in a conventional car is an internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine is driven by a rapid expansion of gas caused by the generation of gaseous molecules and heating of the gas confined in the piston. Fuel cells generate electricity and small amounts of heat. The engine in a conventional car cannot be powered by electricity. The electricity generated is used to power an electric motor, which drives the car.
You can run a car engine on hydrogen, it is not set up for it cause hydrogen burns hotter then gasoline. So it can ruin valves and exhaust ports. So the engine will not run long. Now a Turbine engine can run on anything as long as it burns. In 1967 Plymouth made a car that had the turbine engine in them. They were remarkable and standard oil bought the patent and threw it away. It is used for our military tanks now that is all the engine is used for mostly. Oil swindlers won again.
Hydrogen burns cool.Hydrogen fuel will rapidly pit the cylinder wall and piston head causing severe wear and eventual over heating.Hydrogen gas is easy to dissociate from water and takes about 5KW that is about 8hp for about 4hr to make 1,000gl but you need to use it.Best used in stationary heating.Enough for about twenty houses a day.Or 50 cars.That is according to the license agreement necessary for a gas station to sell it.Make the gas on demand and run a turbine and for shure a standard oil subsidiary like the big x will make themselves known to you.If you ceramic coat your motor or turbine you can do it.Or you can go steam power.

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