MV3016 Fuel Cell Technologies Syllabus:
MV3016 Fuel Cell Technologies Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
To impart knowledge to the students on:
• Performance characteristics of fuel cell power plant and its components.
• Performance and design characteristics and operating issues for various fuel cells.
• Design philosophy and challenges to make this power plant economically feasible.
• Design and analysis emphasis will be on the thermodynamics and electrochemistry.
• Working in a fuel cell industry R&D organization.
UNIT I INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW OF FUEL CELLS TECHNOLOGY
Fuel cells: History – principle – working – thermodynamics and kinetics of fuel cell process – performance evaluation of fuel cell – comparison on battery Vs fuel cell, Types of fuel cells – AFC, PAFC, SOFC, MCFC, DMFC, PEMFC, microbial fuel cells, relative merits and demerits.
UNIT II FUEL CELL THERMODYNAMICS
Gibbs free energy; reversible and irreversible loss – Nernst Equation; effect of temperature and pressure concentration on Nernst potential – Concept of Electrode potential and Electrochemical Potential.
UNIT III HYDROGEN FUEL AND FUEL CELL
Properties of hydrogen as fuel, Hydrogen pathways introduction-current uses, general introduction to infrastructure requirement for hydrogen production, storage, dispensing and utilization, and hydrogen production plants. low and high temperature fuel cells – Effect of Green House Gas (GHC) emission – Basic fuel cell operations -Fuel cell and Hydrogen economy – Basic electrochemistry for all fuel cells
UNIT IV APPLICATIONS OF FUEL CELLS
Fuel cell usage for domestic power systems, large scale power generation, Automobile, Space, economic and environmental analysis on usage of hydrogen and fuel cell. Future trends in fuel cells, portable fuel cells, laptops, mobiles, submarines.
UNIT V HYDROGEN PRODUCTION AND STORAGE
Thermal-Steam reformation, thermochemical water splitting, gasification-pyrolysis, nuclear thermal catalytic and partial oxidation methods. Electrochemical-Electrolysis, photo electro chemical, Biological-Anaerobic digestion, fermentation micro-organism, PM based electrolyser- Physical and chemical properties, general storage methods, compressed storage-composite cylinders, glass micro sphere storage, zeolites, metal hydride storage, chemical hydride storage and cryogenic storage, carbon based materials for hydrogen storage.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:
On completion of the course the students will be able to:
CO1: Apply know-how of thermodynamics, electrochemistry, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics principles to design and analysis of this emerging technology.
CO2: Have thorough understanding of performance behavior, operational issues and challenges for all major types of fuel cells.
CO3: Identify, formulate, and solve problems related to fuel cell technology keeping in mind economic viability.
CO4: Use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for design and analysis of innovative fuel cell systems.
CO5: Understand the impact of this technology in a global and societal context.
CO6: Develop enough skills to design systems or components of fuel cells.
CO7: Be ready to begin a career as an engineer in companies developing fuel cell components and systems.
TEXT BOOKS :
1. Fuel Cell Systems Explained by James Larminie and Andrew Dicks, Second Edition, John Wiley, New York, 2003, ISBN 0-470- 84857-X.
2. A.J. Appleby and F.R. Foulkes, Fuel Cell Handbook, Von Norstrand Reinhold, New York, 1989.
3. 2. A.J. Bard, and L.R. Faulkner, Electrochemical Methods: Fundamentals and Applications, 2nd ed., Wiley, New York, 2001.
4. 3. L.J. Blomen, Fuel Cell Systems, Plenum Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1994.
REFERENCES :
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2. M. Cassir and C. Belhomme, Technological applications of molten salts: the case of the molten carbonate fuel cell, Plasma & Ions, Vol. 1, pp. 3-15, 1999.
3. S. Gottesfeld, Polymer electrolyte fuel cells, Advances in Electrochemical Science and Engineering, Vol. 5, Eds. R. C. Alkire, et al., Wiley-VCH, pp. 195-301, 1997.
4. Hammou, Solid oxide fuel cells, Advances in Electrochemical Science and Engineering, Vol. 2, Eds. H. Gerischer and C.W. Tobias, et al., Wiley-VCH, pp. 88-139, 1992.
5. K. Hemmes, G. Lindbergh, J. R. Selman, D. A. Shores, and I. Uchida, Carbonate Fuel Cell Technology, PV 99-20, Honolulu, Hawaii, Fall 1999, Published by The Electrochemical Society, Inc., 10 South Main Street, Pennington, NJ, 08534; Tel: 609-7371902; website: www.electrochem.org