Fuel cell systems explained

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Larminie, James
Other Authors Dicks, Andrew
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Chichester, West Sussex : J. Wiley, ©2003.
Edition2nd ed.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN1591248078
9781591248071
9781118878330
1118878337
047084857X
9780470848579
Physical Description1 online resource (xxii, 406 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Hydrogen Fuel Cells--Basic Principles
  • What Limits the Current?
  • Connecting Cells in Series--the Bipolar Plate
  • Gas Supply and Cooling
  • Fuel Cell Types
  • Other Cells--Some Fuel Cells, Some Not
  • Biological fuel cells
  • Metal/air cells
  • Redox flow cells or regenerative fuel cells
  • Other Parts of a Fuel Cell System
  • Figures Used to Compare Systems
  • Advantages and Applications
  • Efficiency and Open Circuit Voltage
  • Energy and the EMF of the Hydrogen Fuel Cell
  • The Open Circuit Voltage of Other Fuel Cells and Batteries
  • Efficiency and Efficiency Limits
  • Efficiency and the Fuel Cell Voltage
  • The Effect of Pressure and Gas Concentration
  • The Nernst equation
  • Hydrogen partial pressure
  • Fuel and oxidant utilisation
  • System pressure
  • An application--blood alcohol measurement
  • Operational Fuel Cell Voltages
  • Terminology
  • Fuel Cell Irreversibilities--Causes of Voltage Drop
  • Activation Losses
  • The Tafel equation
  • The constants in the Tafel equation
  • Reducing the activation overvoltage
  • Summary of activation overvoltage
  • Fuel Crossover and Internal Currents
  • Ohmic Losses
  • Mass Transport or Concentration Losses
  • Combining the Irreversibilities
  • The Charge Double Layer
  • Distinguishing the Different Irreversibilities
  • Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
  • How the Polymer Electrolyte Works
  • Electrodes and Electrode Structure
  • Water Management in the PEMFC
  • Overview of the problem
  • Airflow and water evaporation
  • Humidity of PEMFC air.