Page 20 - Fuel Cell Student Edition
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R o ver P a th
Modeling
Pr ocedure
To calculate the fuel cell’s requirements for energy
output, we need to first model the rover and the
NOTE path it will take from the outpost to the crater.
The first step in creating a model is to establish
This lab requires you to download the
Rover Sales Flyer PDF and Heightmap. the required information we want to get out of the
You may perform the Fuel Cell model. Next we list known and unknown inputs.
construction lab to find the known data Finally, we must list the scientific principles/
or use the story’s fuel cell output (150A at concepts/formulas that will give the appropriate
90V) rather than running the fuel cell lab. output data as well as our assumptions that
constrain the problem. The following table contains
all of four requirements.
20 TOTAL REDOX™ – FUEL CELLS TOTAL REDOX™ – FUEL CELLS 21
