Fuel Cell Science and Engineering explores specific fuel cells within and beyond the mainstream development.

This 2-Volume Set focuses on materials and production processes for both SOFC and low temperature fuel cells, analytics and diagnostics for fuel cells, modeling and simulation as well as balance of plant design and components.

The issues of quality assurance and methodology of development are included in this handbook.

CONTENTS

Volume One

Part I: Technology

1. Technical Advancement of Fuel-Cell Research and Development
2. Single-Chamber Fuel Cells
3. Technology and Applications of Molten Carbonate Fuel Cells
4. Alkaline Fuel Cells
5. Micro Fuel Cells
6. Principles and Technology of Microbial Fuel Cells
7. Micro-Reactors for Fuel Processing
8. Regenerative Fuel Cells

Part II: Materials and Production Processes

9. Advances in Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Development Between 1995 and 2010 at Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany
10. Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Electrode Fabrication by Infiltration
11. Sealing Technology for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
12. Phosphoric Acid, an Electrolyte for Fuel Cells – Temperature and Composition Dependence of Vapor Pressure and Proton Conductivity
13. Materials and Coatings for Metallic Bipolar Plates in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells
14. Nanostructured Materials for Fuel Cells
15. Catalysis in Low-Temperature Fuel Cells

Part III: Analytics and Diagnostics

16. Impedance Spectroscopy for High-Temperature Fuel Cell
17. Post-Test Characterization of Solid Oxide Fuel-Cell Stacks
18. In Situ Imaging at Large-Scale Facilities
19. Analytics of Physical Properties of Low-Temperature Fuel Cells
20. Degradation Caused by Dynamic Operation and Starvation Conditions

Part IV: Quality Assurance

1. Quality Assurance for Characterizing Low-Temperature Fuel Cells
2. Methodologies for Fuel Cell Process Engineering

Volume Two

Part V: Modeling and Simulation

23. Messages from Analytical Modeling of Fuel Cells
24. Stochastic Modeling of Fuel-Cell Components
25. Computational Fluid Dynamic Simulation Using Supercomputer Calculation Capacity
26. Modeling Solid Oxide Fuel Cells from the Macroscale to the Nanoscale
27. Numerical Modeling of the Thermomechanically Induced Stress in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
28. Modeling of Molten Carbonate Fuel Cells
29. High-Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Fuel-Cell Modeling
30. Modeling of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel-Cell Components
31. Modeling of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells and Stacks

Part VI: Balance of Plant Design and Components

32. Principles of Systems Engineering
33. System Technology for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
34. Desulfurization for Fuel-Cell Systems
35. Design Criteria and Components for Fuel Cell Powertrains
36. Hybridization for Fuel Cells

Part VII: Systems Verification and Market Introduction

37. Off-Grid Power Supply and Premium Power Generation
38. Demonstration Projects and Market Introduction

Part VIII: Knowledge Distribution and Public Awareness

39. A Sustainable Framework for International Collaboration: the IEA HIA and Its Strategic Plan for 2009–2015
40. Overview of Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Organizations and Initiatives Worldwide
41. Contributions for Education and Public Awareness

Index

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