Fuel Cells From Fundamentals to Applications /

• Main Author: Srinivasan, Supramaniam (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Physical chemistry.; Electrochemistry.; Chemical engineering.; Mechanical engineering.; Power electronics.; Materials science.; Physical Chemistry.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.; Materials Science, general.; Mechanical Engineering.; Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks.

Fuel Cells: Fundamentals to Applications is a concise source of the basic electrochemical principles and engineering aspects involved in the development and commercialization of fuel cells. It describes the applications and techno-economic assessment of fuel cell technologies along with an in-depth...

Table of Contents:

• BASIC AND APPLIED ELECTROCHEMISTRY AS RELEVANT TO FUEL CELLS
• Evolution of Electrochemistry
• ELECTRODE/ELECTROLYTE INTERFACES: STRUCTURE AND KINETICS OF CHARGE TRANSFER
• ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS
• FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF FUEL CELLS
• FUEL CELL PRINCIPLES
• ELECTROCATALYSIS OF FUEL CELL REACTIONS
• EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN LOW TEMPERATURE FUEL CELLS
• ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ASPECTS OF FUEL CELLS
• MODELING ANALYSES: FROM HALF-CELL TO SYSTEMS
• FUELS: PROCESSING, STORAGE, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, AND SAFETY
• APPLICATIONS, TECHNOECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS, AND PROGNOSIS OF FUEL CELLS
• STATUS OF FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGIES
• APPLICATIONS AND ECONOMICS OF FUEL-CELL POWER PLANTS/POWER SOURCES
• COMPETING TECHNOLOGIES
• CONCLUSIONS AND PROGNOSIS.