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Offline aisha

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Energy Density for Fuel Cells - A unit problem
« on: April 08, 2008, 04:40:47 AM »
Hi All,

So the task is to calculate amongst other things, the Storage Density and the Energy Density of the Ethanol fuell cell.

I have calculated the Storage Density: Capacity/Weight of EtOH = 2.5 x 10^7 C Kg^-1

Which I think is ok. Now, I have been told that to calculate the Energy Density we use: Voltage x Storage density. So i get the answer 6.3 x 10^7 V C kg^-1...but the units they want is watt hours per kilogram (W h kg-1)- and here lies the problem. Can anyone tell me how to convert???

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Re: Energy Density for Fuel Cells - A unit problem
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2008, 09:08:13 AM »
what are the units of the Watt?

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Re: Energy Density for Fuel Cells - A unit problem
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2008, 10:56:13 AM »
watt = J s^-1

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