3、Fuel cells are a radically new and fundamentally different way of making electrical power from a variety of fuels. A fuel cell is an energy conversion device that produces electricity (and beat) by electrochemical combination of a fuel with an oxidant. A fuel cell consists of two electrodes (the anode and cathode) separated by an electrolyte .Fuel(e.g. hydrogen) is fed to the anode where it is oxidized and electrons are released to the external (outer) circuit. Oxidant (e.g.oxygen) is fed the cathode where electron are accepted from the external clrcuit. The electron flow (from the anode to the cathode through the external circuit produces direct-current electricity. The electrolyte conducts ions between the two electrodes. Practical fuel cell are not operated as single units units. they are connected in electrodes series to build voltage. A series of cell is referred to as a stack. Fuel cell stacks can be configured in series, parallel, both series and parallel, or a single units, depending on the particular application.