Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : CH6440 : Fuel Cell Technology { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Prof. Abanti Sahoo
Syllabus
Overview of Hydrogen Energy and Fuel Cells, low and high temperature fuel cells. Fuel Cell performance , Polymer electrolyte fuel cells, Alkaline fuel cells, Phosphoric fuel cells, Molten carbonate fuel cells, Solid oxide fuel cells, Fuel cell systems and Sample calculations.
Fuel cell thermodynamics - heat, work potentials, prediction of reversible voltage, fuel cell efficiency.
Fuel cell reaction kinetics - electrode kinetics, overvoltages, Tafel equation, charge transfer reaction, exchange currents, electrocatalyses - design, activation kinetics, Fuel cell charge and mass transport - flow field, transport in electrode and electrolyte. Fuel cell characterization: - in-situ and ex-situ characterization techniques, i-V curve, frequency response analyses Process Safety and Process Design, Materials Science and Engineering
Course Objectives
- To know essential material for the hydrogen economy.
- To know details of fuel cell technology, in particular the opportunities for using hydrogen
Course Outcomes
The important outcomes are <br />1. The students will have the general knowledge of Fuel Cells as a promising technology in the context of clean power sustainability and alternative fuels for shipping. <br />2. The students will know different specific developments on Fuel Cells which are available today. <br />3. The students will have the knowledge of how to produce electricity cleanly and efficiently from water and heat as the only products by using fuel cell.
Essential Reading
- EG&G Technical Services, Fuel Cell Handbook, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA , 2004
- Peter Hoffman, omorrows Energy: Hydrogen, Fuel cells and the prospects for a cleaner planet, MIT Press, Cambridge, London, England , 2001
Supplementary Reading
- Chris Rayment and Scott Sherwin,, Introduction to Fuel Cell Technology, Notre Dame, U.S.A , 2003
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