Renewable Energy Science Education Kit 2.0

Features

• Small-scale wind turbine, solar cell, fuel cell, electrolyzer and more.
• Enough hardware, software and curriculum content for groupwork – up to 4 or 5 students.
• Recommended age groups- K 6-12

Experiments & Activities

✔ Solar Energy Experiments

1. The Effect of Heat on Solar Panels
2. The Effect of Shade on Solar Panels
3. The Effect of Tilt Angle on Solar Panels
4. Finding the Solar Panel’s Maximum Power Point

✔ Energy from Hydrogen Experiments

1. Electrolysis Mode Generating H2 and O2
2. Fuel Cell Mode Generating Electricity from H2 and O2
3. Determining the Minimum Water Decomposition Voltage
4. Polarization States for Hydrogen Fuel Cells

✔ Wind Energy Experiments

1. How Many Blades Are Best – 1, 2, 3 … More?
2. Using Three Different Curved Blade Shapes
3. Using Blades You Make Yourself
4. Turbine Efficiencies
5. Measuring RPM
6. Tuning For Maximum Power
7. How Blade Angle or Pitch Affects Output Power
8. To Generate Hydrogen

Kit content

• Wind turbine body
• Rotor head for profiled blades
• 9 profiled blades for turbine
• Rotor head adapter for sheet blades
• 3 polypropylene sheet blades for turbine
• Rotor unlocking tool
• Turbine Support base
• Aluminum wind turbine post
• PEM Electrolyzer
• PEM Electrolyzer base
• PEM Fuel cell
• PEM Fuel cell base
• Hydrogen tank
• Oxygen tank
• Inner Gas containers
• Circuit board module base
• 100 ohm Variable Resistor module
• 1 Watt Solar panel
• Adaptors, tubing clincher & purging valve
• Assembly instructions
• CD with curriculum manuals
• Water/gas tank module base
• Flexible 2mm banana connecting leads
• Transparent silicon tubing
• Plastic plug pins for electrolyzer
• Battery pack with connecting leads
• Syringe