Recent Trends in Fuel Cell Science and Technology (eBook)

S. Basu (Herausgeber)

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2007 | 2007
XI, 375 Seiten
Springer New York (Verlag)
978-0-387-68815-2 (ISBN)

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This book covers all the proposed fuel cell systems including PEMFC, SOFC, PAFC, MCFC, regenerative fuel cells, direct alcohol fuel cells, and small fuel cells to replace batteries.

After completing Ph.D. (I.I.Sc., Bangalore) in Chemical Engineering, Dr. S. Basu joined Department of Chemical & Material Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada as post-doc fellow in 1994 and continued there as post-doc fellow and visiting faculty up to 1997. He joined Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi as Assistant Professor in 1998. He initiated fuel cell development program at IIT Delhi with support of the Ministry of Nonconventional Energy Sources, India. Many Ph.D. students are working on these projects. He has published 25 papers in international journals with high citation index and presented 7 papers in international conferences and 6 in national conferences and one patent filed. He has visited University of Alberta, Canada in 2000 and 2002 as visiting Professor. Currently, he is executive council member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) and Hon. Secretary of IIChE, Northern Regional Centre.

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Fuel cell science and technology is evolving fast for the past two decades as it is thought to be an efficient way of transforming chemical energy of hydrogen rich compounds to electrical energy. Although this idea of direct conversion of chemical energy to electrical energy was first demonstrated by Sir William Grove in 1839 using a fuel cell, it was only in the middle of the twentieth century when Bacon's pioneering work led to the use of fuel cell in space missions. The interest in commercialization of fuel cell for civilian use has caught up with government organizations and private corporations for the past decade on account of fluctuating oil prices and environmental concerns. It is well known that the conventional fossil fuel, which is a primary source of gasoline, is not going to last more than a hundred years in the face of ever-increasing demand in the developed and developing countries. Although the reserves of natural gas, coal and tar sands may last another two to three hundred years with the current rate of production, their conversion is not efficient and pollution-free. Thus, scientists all over the world have taken up fuel cell development work in their quest of solution to the energy crises looming largely on global population. This book aims to script the present status of the rapidly developing field of fuel cell science and technology.

Inhalt

Preface 6
Acknowledgements 8
Contents 9
1. Introduction to Fuel Cells 10
2. Electro-Analytical Techniques in Fuel Cell Research and Development 19
3. Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell 49
4. Fundamentals of Gas Diffusion Layers in PEM Fuel Cells 125
5. Water Problem in PEMFC 138
6. Micro Fuel Cells 146
7. Direct Alcohol and Borohydride Alkaline Fuel Cells 166
8. Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cell Technology 197
9. Carbonate Fuel Cell: Principles and Applications 226
10. Direct Conversion of Coal Derived Carbon in Fuel Cells 257
11. Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: Principles, Designs and State- of- the- Art in Industries 276
12. Materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells 295
13. Fuel Cell Power-Conditioning Systems 341
14. Future Directions of Fuel Cell Science and Technology 365
Index 375

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.10.2007
• Zusatzinfo: XI, 375 p.
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Original-Titel: Recent Trends in Fuel Science and Technology
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Analytische Chemie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Physikalische Chemie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Technische Chemie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Maschinenbau
• Schlagworte: Alcohol • Batterie • Festoxidbrennstoffzelle • fuel cell • Polymer • Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell • Systems • Water
• ISBN-10: 0-387-68815-3 / 0387688153
• ISBN-13: 978-0-387-68815-2 / 9780387688152