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Horizon Energy Box
Experiments and Activities
Battery
Pack
✔ Solar energy experiments
1. The effect of heat and cooling 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
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
✔ Hydrogen energy experiments
1. Electrolysis mode: generating hydrogen and
oxygen from water
2. Fuel cell mode: generating electricity from hydro-
2. Fuel cell mode: generating electricity from hydro-
gen and oxygen
3. Determining the minimum voltage for water
3. Determining the minimum voltage for water
decomposition
4. Polarization states for hydrogen fuel cells
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. The process of hydrogen generation
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. The process of hydrogen generation
✔ Bio-energy experiments
1. Create electricity from ethanol and water
2. Exploring polarity
3. Ethanol fuel consumption
4. Exploring the effect of varying fuel concentrations
5. Create electricity from wine and beer
6. Exploring the effects of temperature
2. Exploring polarity
3. Ethanol fuel consumption
4. Exploring the effect of varying fuel concentrations
5. Create electricity from wine and beer
6. Exploring the effects of temperature
✔ Thermal energy experiments
1. Power a fan with two heat sources
2. Analyze power generation with the Renewable Energy
1. Power a fan with two heat sources
2. Analyze power generation with the Renewable Energy
Monitor
3. Understand thermoelectric effect
3. Understand thermoelectric effect
✔Mechanical / electrical energy experiments
1. Explore the concept of hand crank energy generation
2. Explore the concept of super capacitor energy storage
3. Power a fan with electrical energy from the super capaci-
1. Explore the concept of hand crank energy generation
2. Explore the concept of super capacitor energy storage
3. Power a fan with electrical energy from the super capaci-
tor
4. Power a fan with mechanical energy from the hand crank
4. Power a fan with mechanical energy from the hand crank
✔ Salt water energy experiments
1. Create energy from salt water solution and power a fan
2. Analyze current and voltage variation using different salt
1. Create energy from salt water solution and power a fan
2. Analyze current and voltage variation using different salt
concentrations
3. Analyze current and voltage variations using different
3. Analyze current and voltage variations using different
temperatures
4. Analyze current and voltage variations using different fuel
4. Analyze current and voltage variations using different fuel
volumes
✔ Multi energy powered car experiments
1. Power a car with a hydrogen fuel cell (reversible and mini
1. Power a car with a hydrogen fuel cell (reversible and mini
fuel cell)
2. Power a car with a salt water fuel cell
3. Power a car with solar energy
4. Power a car with a super capacitor and hand crank
5. Power a car with different forms of hydrogen (hydrogen
2. Power a car with a salt water fuel cell
3. Power a car with solar energy
4. Power a car with a super capacitor and hand crank
5. Power a car with different forms of hydrogen (hydrogen
gas and hydrogen hydride)