Ebook: Fuel Cell Technology: Reaching Towards Commercialization

The world’s ever-growing demand for power has created a need for new efficient and sustainable sources of energy and electricity. In recent years, fuel cells have become a highly-promising potential source of power for military, commercial and industrial uses.

Fuel Cell Technology: Reaching Towards Commercialization provides a one-volume survey of state-of-the art research in fuel cells, with in-depth coverage of the two types of fuel cell most likely to become commercialized – the high-temperature solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and the low-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEM).

All aspects of SOFC and PEM technology are covered, including:

materials selection and analysis for fuel cells;

fuel cell stack design and development;

modeling and control of processes and systems; and,

reforming technology.

The book also signposts the emerging field of microbial fuel cells, the main alternative to SOFCs and PEMs.

Fuel Cell Technology: Reaching Towards Commercialization is an essential reference for researchers, academics and industrialists interested in up-to-date information on fuel cell development.

The Engineering Materials and Processes series focuses on all forms of materials and the processes used to synthesise and formulate them as they relate to the various engineering disciplines.The series deals with a diverse range of materials: ceramics, metals (ferrous and non-ferrous), semiconductors, composites, polymers biomimetics, etc. Each monograph in the series is written by a specialist and demonstrates how enhancements in materials and the processes associated with them can improve performance in the field of engineering in which they are used.

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The world’s ever-growing demand for power has created a need for new efficient and sustainable sources of energy and electricity. In recent years, fuel cells have become a highly-promising potential source of power for military, commercial and industrial uses.

Fuel Cell Technology: Reaching Towards Commercialization provides a one-volume survey of state-of-the art research in fuel cells, with in-depth coverage of the two types of fuel cell most likely to become commercialized – the high-temperature solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and the low-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEM).

All aspects of SOFC and PEM technology are covered, including:

materials selection and analysis for fuel cells;

fuel cell stack design and development;

modeling and control of processes and systems; and,

reforming technology.

The book also signposts the emerging field of microbial fuel cells, the main alternative to SOFCs and PEMs.

Fuel Cell Technology: Reaching Towards Commercialization is an essential reference for researchers, academics and industrialists interested in up-to-date information on fuel cell development.

 

The Engineering Materials and Processes series focuses on all forms of materials and the processes used to synthesise and formulate them as they relate to the various engineering disciplines.The series deals with a diverse range of materials: ceramics, metals (ferrous and non-ferrous), semiconductors, composites, polymers biomimetics, etc. Each monograph in the series is written by a specialist and demonstrates how enhancements in materials and the processes associated with them can improve performance in the field of engineering in which they are used.

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The world’s ever-growing demand for power has created a need for new efficient and sustainable sources of energy and electricity. In recent years, fuel cells have become a highly-promising potential source of power for military, commercial and industrial uses.

Fuel Cell Technology: Reaching Towards Commercialization provides a one-volume survey of state-of-the art research in fuel cells, with in-depth coverage of the two types of fuel cell most likely to become commercialized – the high-temperature solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and the low-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEM).

All aspects of SOFC and PEM technology are covered, including:

materials selection and analysis for fuel cells;

fuel cell stack design and development;

modeling and control of processes and systems; and,

reforming technology.

The book also signposts the emerging field of microbial fuel cells, the main alternative to SOFCs and PEMs.

Fuel Cell Technology: Reaching Towards Commercialization is an essential reference for researchers, academics and industrialists interested in up-to-date information on fuel cell development.

 

The Engineering Materials and Processes series focuses on all forms of materials and the processes used to synthesise and formulate them as they relate to the various engineering disciplines.The series deals with a diverse range of materials: ceramics, metals (ferrous and non-ferrous), semiconductors, composites, polymers biomimetics, etc. Each monograph in the series is written by a specialist and demonstrates how enhancements in materials and the processes associated with them can improve performance in the field of engineering in which they are used.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells....Pages 1-26
PEM Fuel Cells....Pages 27-51
Durability and Accelerated Characterization of Fuel Cells....Pages 53-68
Transport and Electrochemical Phenomena....Pages 69-163
Fuels and Fuel Processing....Pages 165-211
System-level Modeling of PEM Fuel Cells....Pages 213-236
New Generation of Catalyst Layers for PEMFCs Based on Carbon Aerogel Supported Pt Catalyst (CASPC)....Pages 237-251
Power Conditioning and Control of Fuel Cell Systems....Pages 253-275
Microbial Fuel Cells....Pages 277-296
Back Matter....Pages 297-298

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The world’s ever-growing demand for power has created a need for new efficient and sustainable sources of energy and electricity. In recent years, fuel cells have become a highly-promising potential source of power for military, commercial and industrial uses.

Fuel Cell Technology: Reaching Towards Commercialization provides a one-volume survey of state-of-the art research in fuel cells, with in-depth coverage of the two types of fuel cell most likely to become commercialized – the high-temperature solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and the low-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEM).

All aspects of SOFC and PEM technology are covered, including:

materials selection and analysis for fuel cells;

fuel cell stack design and development;

modeling and control of processes and systems; and,

reforming technology.

The book also signposts the emerging field of microbial fuel cells, the main alternative to SOFCs and PEMs.

Fuel Cell Technology: Reaching Towards Commercialization is an essential reference for researchers, academics and industrialists interested in up-to-date information on fuel cell development.

 

The Engineering Materials and Processes series focuses on all forms of materials and the processes used to synthesise and formulate them as they relate to the various engineering disciplines.The series deals with a diverse range of materials: ceramics, metals (ferrous and non-ferrous), semiconductors, composites, polymers biomimetics, etc. Each monograph in the series is written by a specialist and demonstrates how enhancements in materials and the processes associated with them can improve performance in the field of engineering in which they are used.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells....Pages 1-26
PEM Fuel Cells....Pages 27-51
Durability and Accelerated Characterization of Fuel Cells....Pages 53-68
Transport and Electrochemical Phenomena....Pages 69-163
Fuels and Fuel Processing....Pages 165-211
System-level Modeling of PEM Fuel Cells....Pages 213-236
New Generation of Catalyst Layers for PEMFCs Based on Carbon Aerogel Supported Pt Catalyst (CASPC)....Pages 237-251
Power Conditioning and Control of Fuel Cell Systems....Pages 253-275
Microbial Fuel Cells....Pages 277-296
Back Matter....Pages 297-298
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