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Fuel Cell Technology

Reaching Towards Commercialization

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  • © 2006

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Editors:
  1. Nigel Sammes

    1. Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, USA

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  • Only book to cover the research and development of PEMs and SOFCs from the source materials to stacks
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Engineering Materials and Processes (EMP)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

    • Nigel M. Sammes, Roberto Bove, Jakub Pusz
    Pages 1-26

  3. PEM Fuel Cells

    • Frano Barbir
    Pages 27-51

  4. Durability and Accelerated Characterization of Fuel Cells

    • Ken Reifsnider, Xinyu Huang
    Pages 53-68

  5. Transport and Electrochemical Phenomena

    • F. Yang, R. Pitchumani
    Pages 69-163

  6. Fuels and Fuel Processing

    • Shaker Haji, Kinga A. Malinger, Steven L. Suib, Can Erkey
    Pages 165-211

  7. System-level Modeling of PEM Fuel Cells

    • Xingjian Xue, Jiong Tang
    Pages 213-236

  8. New Generation of Catalyst Layers for PEMFCs Based on Carbon Aerogel Supported Pt Catalyst (CASPC)

    • Alevtina Smirnova, Xing Dong, Hiro Hara, Nigel M. Sammes
    Pages 237-251

  9. Power Conditioning and Control of Fuel Cell Systems

    • Elias W. Faraclas, Syed S. Islam, A. F. M. Anwar
    Pages 253-275

  10. Microbial Fuel Cells

    • Ken Noll
    Pages 277-296

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 297-298
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About this book

Fuel cells are electrochemical devices that convert the energy of a fuel (such as hydrogen, natural gas or other hydrocarbon-based fuels) directly into electricity. All fuel cells consist of an electrolyte layer in contact with an anode and a cathode on either side. The oxidation reaction occurs on the anode side of the fuel cell, while reduction takes place on the cathode. Single fuel cells are usually connected either in series, or in parallel, to form a stack, which is capable of producing s- eral watts to many kW of power, depending on the requirements. The fuel cell stack requires a number of other components to complete the s- tem. These components are usually termed the balance-of-plant (BoP) and consist of the fuel cell processing section, the power section (the components surrounding the stack itself) and the power conditioning and control units. Fuel processing is required to produce a hydrogen-rich gas (and possibly to desulfurize the gas), while the power-conditioning unit is there to convert variable DC to controlled AC current, with a specific frequency, active and reactive power. It also acts as fe- back to control the fuel flow to the stack.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, USA

    Nigel Sammes

About the editor

The book will be edited by the Center’s Director, Professor Nigel Sammes. Professor Sammes has been the head of the Center since its inception and was previously a researcher in industry and a full professor of materials and process engineering at the University of Waikato, New Zealand.

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