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

To know essential material for the hydrogen economy.

To know details of fuel cell technology, in particular the opportunities for using hydrogen

The important outcomes are
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.
2. The students will know different specific developments on Fuel Cells which are available today.
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.

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

Chris Rayment and Scott Sherwin,, Introduction to Fuel Cell Technology, Notre Dame, U.S.A , 2003