
Fuel Cells
Description
Key Features
- Explores multiple variations of fuel cell technology and evaluates their cost and application
- Provides detailed historical context, beginning in 1839 with the development of electrolysis
- Discusses the most up-to-date advancements and methods of fuel cell technology today
Readership
The series is targeted at Power generation planners, electrical engineers, students and lecturers of Electrical Engineering and Energy, researchers, academics and the technical community involved in the development and implementation of power generation technologies, and power related engineering disciplines
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. An Introduction to Fuel Cells
- Abstract
- 1.1 The History of Fuel Cells
- 1.2 Global Fuel Cell Capacity
Chapter 2. The Fundamentals of Fuel Cell Operation
- Abstract
- 2.1 The Fuel Cell Principle
- 2.2 Catalysts
- 2.3 Hydrocarbon Gas Reformation
- 2.4 Fuel Cell Efficiency
- 2.5 Fuel Cell Types
Chapter 3. The Alkaline Fuel Cell
- Abstract
- 3.1 The History of AFCs
- 3.2 The AFC Principle
- 3.3 Current AFC Design
- 3.4 Hydrogen Fuel for AFCs
- 3.5 Hydroxyl Ion Exchange Membranes
- 3.6 AFCs and Alternative Fuels
- 3.7 Applications of AFCs
Chapter 4. The Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell
- Abstract
- 4.1 The History of the PEM Fuel Cell
- 4.2 The PEM Principle
- 4.3 PEM Fuel Cell Catalysts
- 4.4 Membranes
- 4.5 Natural Gas Reforming
- 4.6 Commercial Applications of PEM Fuel Cells
Chapter 5. The Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cell
- Abstract
- 5.1 History of the PAFC
- 5.2 The PAFC Principle
- 5.3 Fuel Processing
- 5.4 Commercial Cells
Chapter 6. The Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell
- Abstract
- 6.1 The History of the MCFC
- 6.2 The MCFC Principle
- 6.3 Hybrid Power Systems
- 6.4 Fuel Reforming
- 6.5 Active Carbon Dioxide Capture
- 6.6 Commercial MCFCs
- 6.7 Applications
Chapter 7. The Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
- Abstract
- 7.1 The History of the SOFC
- 7.2 The SOFC Principle
- 7.3 Electrolytes and Cell Structures
- 7.4 SOFC-Turbine Hybrids
- 7.5 Fuel Processing
- 7.6 Commercial SOFC Cells and Applications
Chapter 8. Direct Methanol Fuel Cell
- Abstract
- 8.1 The History of the DMFC
- 8.2 The DMFC Principle
- 8.3 Membranes and Catalysts
- 8.4 Applications
Chapter 9. Fuel Cells and the Environment
- Abstract
- 9.1 Fuel Cells, Emissions, and Efficiency
- 9.2 The Hydrogen Economy
- 9.3 Other Environmental Considerations
Chapter 10. The Cost of Electricity From Fuel Cells
- Abstract
- 10.1 Levelized Cost of Energy Model
- 10.2 Capital Cost
- 10.3 The Levelized Cost of Electricity from a Fuel Cell Power Plant
Product details
- No. of pages: 100
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2017
- Published: February 9, 2017
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780081010396
- eBook ISBN: 9780128095157
About the Author
Paul Breeze
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Akash K. Wed Jan 23 2019
Nice book
It's cover all most all information related to the fuel cell.