Team: 8
School: Jackson Middle School
Area of Science: Environmental Sciences
Interim: Interim report
Team Number: 8
Team Members: Declan Niece Legoblackpanther1@gmail.com
Antonio Espinosa tigre91008@gmail.com
Teacher(s): Ms. Lunsford lunsford@aps.edu
Sponsor: Mrs. Glennon kglennon25@gmail.com
Area of Science: Environmental Sciences
The Problem Definition: Air pollution is created by carbon emissions emitted by cars that are driven every day. The problem we are trying to solve is with fossil fuel car emissions. We plan to solve this problem by switching the fuel we use in our cars. We have researched other types of fuel or power sources to replace fossil fuel and have come up with a trash powered car, a car that can run on litter found on the ground. This could also clean up the earth. Other ways that we have thought of is making more solar powered cars. Simply put, a solar panel on the car. Another fuel we thought of is a water fueled car. The car uses electricity to generate hydrogen by electrolysis. The resulting hydrogen is an energy carrier that can power a car by reacting with oxygen from the air to create water, either through burning in a combustion engine or catalyzed to produce electricity in a fuel cell. Another example is turning air into electricity. This will convert moisture in the air into electricity. One last idea would be to use thermal energy to power a car. This will convert any heat that hits the hood or the roof of the car making it easy to power the car.
The Process: We will gather data from researching how much fuel the average car uses in an hour and compare how much carbon emissions pollute the air compared to electric cars. We will use the data gathered to do tests to find ways we can make the cars better and how we can stop it from destroying our planet. When planning to use data gathered to create a that presents the difference and long term effects on earth. You can't give the solution before you actually do the project. We will be measuring the amount of waste and energy used by cars every day.
The Solution: With Python we will be presenting examples of how efficient different fuels are and the consequences it has on our earth.We hope that the outcome of what we do can help us help the people protect our earth and keep it well for the next few generations.By presenting this to others and schools we hope some of our peers at other schools could inform their parents about this and if we could drop air pollution by at least 1% or more that would mean a lot to the world and help people that die from air pollution every day.
Progress to Date: The progress we have made in our project is researching different fuel types and how they are more or less efficient.With the data we have we are going to figure out a way to modify or change the way the different fuel types are used and if they are better or worse for the environment.When we figure out how to make cars better we would create a representation to demonstrate the data we have collected and give an idea of the problem we are trying to fix.
Expected Results: The results we are expecting from our code is to demonstrate a small portion of the car pollution problem and why it's bad and how we can help.From our data we hope to see how we can modify or change a cars parts to greater or lower input but keep the output the same but keep the cars just as efficient.
Works Cited
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“How Do Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles Work Using Hydrogen?†Alternative Fuels Data Center: How Do Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles Work Using Hydrogen?, afdc.energy.gov/vehicles/how-do-fuel-cell-electric-cars-work.
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Schäfer, Patrick. “Thermal Energy Storage Concept Increases Efficiency of Electric Cars.†Springerprofessional.de, 25 Oct. 2017, www.springerprofessional.de/en/electric-vehicles/mobility-concepts/thermal-energy-storage-concept-increases-efficiency-of-electric-/15163174#:~:text=Scientists have now developed a,range by up to half.
“U.S. Energy Information Administration - EIA - Independent Statistics and Analysis.†Refining Crude Oil - the Refining Process - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), www.eia.gov/energyexplained/oil-and-petroleum-products/refining-crude-oil-the-refining-process.php.
Team Members:
Sponsoring Teacher: Karen Glennon