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 the 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:
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materials selection and analysis for fuel cells
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fuel cell stack design and development
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modeling and control of processes and systems; and
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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.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 : Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Chapter 2 : PEM Fuel Cells
Chapter 3 : Durability and Accelerated Characterization of Fuel Cells
Chapter 4 : Transport and Electrochemical Phenomena
Chapter 5 : Fuels and Fuel Processing
Chapter 6 : System-Level Modelling of PEM Fuel Cells
Chapter 7 : New Generation of Catalyst Layers for PEMFCs Based on Carbon Aerogel Supported Pt Catalyst (CASPC)
Chapter 8 : Power Conditioning and Control of Fuel Cell Systems
Chapter 9 : Microbial Fuel Cells
Index
