Fuel Cell Systems Explained, Third Edition

AL Dicks (Autor)

Software / Digital Media

488 Seiten

2018
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Hersteller)
978-1-118-70699-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Since publication of the first edition of Fuel Cell Systems Explained, three compelling drivers have supported the continuing development of fuel cell technology. These are: the need to maintain energy security in an energy-hungry world, the desire to move towards zero-emission vehicles and power plants, and the mitigation of climate change by lowering of CO2 emissions. New fuel cell materials, enhanced stack performance and increased lifetimes are leading to the emergence of the first truly commercial systems in applications that range from fork-lift trucks to power sources for mobile phone towers. Leading vehicle manufacturers have embraced the use of electric drive-trains and now see hydrogen fuel cells complementing advanced battery technology in zero-emission vehicles. After many decades of laboratory development, a global but fragile fuel cell industry is bringing the first commercial products to market.

This thoroughly revised edition includes several new sections devoted to, for example, fuel cell characterisation, improved materials for low-temperature hydrogen and liquid-fuelled systems, and real-world technology implementation.

Assuming no prior knowledge of fuel cell technology, the third edition comprehensively brings together all of the key topics encompassed in this diverse field. Practitioners, researchers and students in electrical, power, chemical and automotive engineering will continue to benefit from this essential guide to the principles, design and implementation of fuel cell systems.

Autor

Andrew Dicks graduated from Loughborough University in 1980 with a PhD in heterogeneous catalysis. During a career in the UK gas industry, he contributed to the development of coal gasification, catalytic gas processes and high temperature fuel cell systems which was recognized in 1991 when he was awarded the HE Jones (London) Medal by the Institution of Gas Engineers. He has collaborated in fuel cell research with industrial and academic partners throughout Australasia, Europe, North America Japan and India. In 2002 he took up a Senior Research Fellowship at the University of Queensland, becoming Director of the CSIRO National Hydrogen Materials Alliance in 2006. His publication record includes several book chapters, over 60 peer reviewed research articles and is named as inventor on over 15 patents. He has been engaged by governments in Canada, Japan, Sweden and the UK to review their funded fuel cell and energy research programs. David Rand was educated as an electrochemist at the University of Cambridge, from which he received the degrees of BA, MA, PhD and ScD. He moved to Australia and joined CSIRO in July 1969 to develop enhanced electrocatalysts for direct methanol fuel cells. In 1977 he established CSIRO's Battery Research Group and remained its leader until 2003. He was CSIRO s scientific advisor on hydrogen and renewable energy until his retirement in December 2008 and is now a CSIRO Honorary Research Fellow. David Rand has received several international awards for his research including the Faraday Medal of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), the UNESCO Gaston Plante Medal of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the CSIRO Chairman s Medal, and the Australian Centenary Medal. In 2013 he became a Member of the Order of Australia for his service to science and technological developments in the area of energy storage, particularly rechargeable batteries.

Produkt-Details

• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 250 mm
• Gewicht: 666 g
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Maschinenbau
• ISBN-10: 1-118-70699-4 / 1118706994
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-70699-2 / 9781118706992
• Zustand: Neuware