Saturday, May 26, 2012

FUEL POWER CELLS by APPLE

It is well known that all the concepts generated and launched by the famous company APPLE are never free from contradictions. The patent problems have been the headache to the Apple masterminds. Once again Apple has brought a unique concept of Fuel Power Cell to the electronics which is one of the concepts which will bring movement in the world of electronics as brought by the concept of IoS.
This concept is being prepared to launch in Apple laptops. The fuel used will be Hydrogen. The cells converts the fuel into electricity and leaving behind water as the exhaust product. In order to avoid corrosion, stainless steel will be used as electrodes. One individual cell can generate a low voltage of about 0.5V. So 25 such cells are cascaded to produce the suitable voltage to the laptops.
The problem with this concept is also noticeable. The weight of steel makes the portable device heavier. And the failure of one cell can lead to the whole power system to failure. As the remedy, Apple has introduced the idea to bond both cathode and anode of the electrodes in the either end of electrodes. And the cells are arranged in parallel rather than in series to create performance in case of failure of any of the individual cells. Another problem is that it will take some time to excite and thus create a delay in booting. So it is also proposed to keep a Li-Ion battery to perform booting. But on the other hands, this power supply can power the devices to longer times, even for weeks. And another remarkable eco-friendly fact is that the hydrogen cells are the renewable source of energy. This will certainly help to reduce the energy crisis in the world up to a certain extent.

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