INTRODUCTION TO FUEL CELLS
Introduction –types of fuel cell – low and high temperature fuel cell, Polymer electrolyte fuel cells, Alkaline fuel cells, Phosphoric fuel cells, Molten carbonate fuel cells, Solid oxide fuel cells, Fuel cell thermodynamics.
Fuel cell reaction kinetics - electrode kinetics, overvoltage, Tafel equation, charge transfer reaction, exchange currents, electro catalysis - design, activation kinetics, Fuel cell charge and mass transport - flow field, transport in electrode and electrolyte.
FUEL CELL CHARACTERIZATION
Fuel cell characterization - in-situ and ex-situ characterization techniques, i-v curve, frequency response analysis; Fuel cell modelling and system integration: - 1D model – analytical solution and CFD models.
FUEL CELLS FOR AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS
Fuel cells for automotive applications, Hydrogen production from renewable sources and storage, technology advances in fuel cell vehicle systems – onboard hydrogen storage – liquid hydrogen and compressed hydrogen – metal hydrides, fuel cell control system – alkaline fuel cell – road map to market.
Introduction to fuel cycle analysis – application to fuel cell and other competing technologies like battery powered vehicles, SI engine fueled by natural gas and hydrogen, hybrid electric vehicles, portable applications.
Reference Book:
1)O 'Hayre, R. P., S. Cha, W. Colella, F. B. Prinz, Fuel Cell Fundamentals, First Edition, Wiley, NY, 2006,
ISBN – 978 0470 258439.
2)Bard, A. J. , L. R., Faulkner, Electrochemical Methods, First Edition, Wiley, N.Y., 2004.
3)Basu,S.(Ed) Fuel Cell Science and Technology,Springer, N.Y.(2007).
Text Book:
1)Viswanathan and M Aulice Scibioh, Fuel Cells – Principles and Applications, First Edition, Universities Press,
2009, ISBN – 13: 978 1420 060287.
2)Fuel Cell Systems Explained by James Larminie and Andrew Dicks, Second Edition, John Wiley, New York,
2003, ISBN 0-470- 84857-X
