Fuel Cell Science and Engineering: Materials, Processes, Systems and Technology

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Fuel cells are expected to play a major role in the future power supply that will transform to renewable, decentralized and fluctuating primary energies. At the same time the share of electric power will continually increase at the expense of thermal and mechanical energy not just in transportation, but also in households. Hydrogen as a perfect fuel for fuel cells and an outstanding and efficient means of bulk storage for renewable energy will spearhead this development together with fuel cells. Moreover, small fuel cells hold great potential for portable devices such as gadgets and medical applications such as pacemakers. This handbook will explore specific fuel cells within and beyond the mainstream development and focuses on materials and production processes for both SOFC and lowtemperature fuel cells, analytics and diagnostics for fuel cells, modeling and simulation as well as balance of plant design and components. As fuel cells are getting increasingly sophisticated and industrially developed the issues of quality assurance and methodology of development are included in this handbook. The contributions to this book come from an international panel of experts from academia, industry, institutions and government. This handbook is oriented toward people looking for detailed information on specific fuel cell types, their materials, production processes, modeling and analytics. Overview information on the contrary on mainstream fuel cells and applications are provided in the book 'Hydrogen and Fuel Cells', published in 2010.Content: Chapter 1 Technical Advancement of Fuel?Cell Research and Development (pages 1–42): Dr. Bernd Emonts, Ludger Blum, Thomas Grube, Werner Lehnert, Jurgen Mergel, Martin Muller and Ralf PetersChapter 2 Single?Chamber Fuel Cells (pages 43–66): Teko W. Napporn and Melanie KuhnChapter 3 Technology and Applications of Molten Carbonate Fuel Cells (pages 67–95): Barbara Bosio, Elisabetta Arato and Paolo GreppiChapter 4 Alkaline Fuel Cells (pages 97–129): Erich GulzowChapter 5 Micro Fuel Cells (pages 131–145): Ulf Groos and Dietmar GerteisenChapter 6 Principles and Technology of Microbial Fuel Cells (pages 147–184): Jan B. A. Arends, Joachim Desloover, Sebastia Puig and Willy VerstraeteChapter 7 Micro?Reactors for Fuel Processing (pages 185–217): Gunther KolbChapter 8 Regenerative Fuel Cells (pages 219–245): Martin MullerChapter 9 Advances in Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Development between 1995 and 2010 at Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH, Germany (pages 247–274): Vincent HaanappelChapter 10 Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Electrode Fabrication by Infiltration (pages 275–299): Evren GunenChapter 11 Sealing Technology for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (pages 301–333): K. Scott WeilChapter 12 Phosphoric Acid, an Electrolyte for Fuel Cells – Temperature and Composition Dependence of Vapor Pressure and Proton Conductivity (pages 335–359): Carsten KorteChapter 13 Materials and Coatings for Metallic Bipolar Plates in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (pages 361–378): Heli Wang and John A. TurnerChapter 14 Nanostructured Materials for Fuel Cells (pages 379–406): John F. ElterChapter 15 Catalysis in Low?Temperature Fuel Cells – An Overview (pages 407–438): Sabine Schimpf and Michael BronChapter 16 Impedance Spectroscopy for High?Temperature Fuel Cells (pages 439–467): Ellen Ivers?Tiffee, Andre Leonide, Helge Schichlein, Volker Sonn and Andre WeberChapter 17 Post?Test Characterization of Solid Oxide Fuel?Cell Stacks (pages 469–492): Norbert H. Menzler and Peter BatfalskyChapter 18 In Situ Imaging at Large?Scale Facilities (pages 493–519): Christian Totzke, Ingo Manke and Werner LehnertChapter 19 Analytics of Physical Properties of Low?Temperature Fuel Cells (pages 521–541): Jurgen WackerlChapter 20 Degradation Caused by Dynamic Operation and Starvation Conditions (pages 543–570): Jan Hendrik Ohs, Ulrich S. Sauter and Sebastian MaassChapter 21 Quality Assurance for Characterizing Low?Temperature Fuel Cells (pages 571–595): Viktor Hacker, Eva Wallnofer?Ogris, Georgios Tsotridis and Thomas MalkowChapter 22 Methodologies for Fuel Cell Process Engineering (pages 597–644): Remzi Can Samsun and Ralf PetersChapter 23 Messages from Analytical Modeling of Fuel Cells (pages 645–668): Andrei KulikovskyChapter 24 Stochastic Modeling of Fuel?Cell Components (pages 669–702): Ralf Thiedmann, Gerd Gaiselmann, Werner Lehnert and Volker SchmidtChapter 25 Computational Fluid Dynamic Simulation Using Supercomputer Calculation Capacity (pages 703–732): Ralf Peters and Florian ScharfChapter 26 Modeling Solid Oxide Fuel Cells from the Macroscale to the Nanoscale (pages 733–766): Emily M. Ryan and Mohammad A. KhaleelChapter 27 Numerical Modeling of the Thermomechanically Induced Stress in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (pages 767–790): Murat PeksenChapter 28 Modeling of Molten Carbonate Fuel Cells (pages 791–817): Peter Heidebrecht, Silvia Piewek and Kai SundmacherChapter 29 High?Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Fuel?Cell Modeling (pages 819–838): Uwe ReimerChapter 30 Modeling of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel?Cell Components (pages 839–878): Yun Wang and Ken S. ChenChapter 31 Modeling of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells and Stacks (pages 879–916): Yun Wang and Ken S. ChenChapter 32 Principles of Systems Engineering (pages 917–961): Ludger Blum, Ralf Peters and Remzi Can SamsunChapter 33 System Technology for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (pages 963–1010): Nguyen Q. MinhChapter 34 Desulfurization for Fuel?Cell Systems (pages 1011–1044): Joachim Pasel and Ralf PetersChapter 35 Design Criteria and Components for Fuel Cell Powertrains (pages 1045–1073): Lutz Eckstein and Bruno GnorichChapter 36 Hybridization for Fuel Cells (pages 1075–1103): Jorg WilhelmChapter 37 Off?Grid Power Supply and Premium Power Generation (pages 1105–1117): Kerry?Ann AdamsonChapter 38 Demonstration Projects and Market Introduction (pages 1119–1150): Kristin DeasonChapter 39 A Sustainable Framework for International Collaboration: the IEA HIA and Its Strategic Plan for 2009–2015 (pages 1151–1179): Mary?Rose de ValladaresChapter 40 Overview of Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Organizations and Initiatives Worldwide (pages 1181–1209): Bernd EmontsChapter 41 Contributions for Education and Public Awareness (pages 1211–1222): Thorsteinn I. Sigfusson and Dr. Bernd Emonts