This is a test
- 262 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
Book details
Book preview
Table of contents
Citations
About This Book
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: From Fundamental Principles to Complete Systems is a valuable resource for beginners, experienced researchers, and developers of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). It provides a fundamental understanding of SOFCs by covering the present state-of-the-art as well as ongoing research and future challenges to be solved. It discusses current and future materials, and provides an overview of development activities with a more general system approach toward fuel cell plant technology, including plant design and economics, industrial data, and advances in technology.
-
- Provides an understanding of the operating principles of SOFCs
-
- Discusses state-of-the-art materials, technologies, and processes
-
- Includes a review of the current industry and lessons learned
-
- Offers a more general system approach toward fuel cell plant technology, including plant design and economics of SOFC manufacture
-
- Covers significant technical challenges that remain to be solved
-
- Presents the status of government activities, industry, and market
This book is aimed at electrochemists, batteries and fuel cell engineers, alternative energy scientists, and professionals in materials science.
Frequently asked questions
At the moment all of our mobile-responsive ePub books are available to download via the app. Most of our PDFs are also available to download and we're working on making the final remaining ones downloadable now. Learn more here.
Both plans give you full access to the library and all of Perlego’s features. The only differences are the price and subscription period: With the annual plan you’ll save around 30% compared to 12 months on the monthly plan.
We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1 million books across 1000+ topics, we’ve got you covered! Learn more here.
Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more here.
Yes, you can access Solid Oxide Fuel Cells by Radenka Maric in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Physical Sciences & Industrial & Technical Chemistry. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
Information
1 Fundamental Aspects of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
1.1 Background and Principles of SOFCs
Fuel cells have emerged as energy conversion devices that produce electrical power directly from electrochemical reactions by combination of gaseous fuel with an oxidant. Fuel cells have first successfully been used for space applications in the 1960s [2]. During the past decades, fuel cells have been developed and offered numerous advantages compared to conventional electrical power generation systems such as high-energy conversion efficiency, high power output, low noise, and zero environmental pollution, which have made them a promising technology for mobile and stationary power generation applications [1,2]. Today, fuel cells are widely utilized in spacecraft, automobiles, home power generation systems, etc.
Nowadays, there are different types of fuel cells classified by chemical characteristics of the electrolyte used, which in turn determines the operating temperature. Table 1.1 illustrates the technical characteristics of the main types of fuel cells that exist today. Fuel cells are categorized as alkaline fuel cell, direct methanol fuel cell, phosphoric acid fuel cell, solid acid fuel cell, proton exchange membrane fuel cell, molten carbonate fuel cell, solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC), and protonic ceramic fuel cell. The first five types have low to medium operating temperatures (50°C–210°C) with relatively lower electrical generation efficiencies (40%–55%). The other three types, however, operate at much higher temperatures (600°C–1000°C) with higher electrical generation efficiencies (45%–60%) [3]. Among the listed types of fuel cells, SOFCs are the most demanding for use as a power generation system from a materials point of view and due to their exceptional features such as:
- SOFCs offer high energy-conversion and electrical generation efficiencies (fuel input to electricity output).
- SOFCs have good fuel flexibility (e.g., natural gas and carbon-based fuels) and simplicity of design.
- Since SOFCs have a solid construction with no moving parts, they operate very quiet with minimal noise, and thereby, they can be installed indoors.
- The SOFCs’ high operating temperature leads to high-quality byproducts, and exhaust heat is used for co-generation and a variety of processes.
- Since precious metals are not used in SOFCs, the price is reasonable enough for high-volume manufacturing.
- The high efficiency and operating temperature of SOFCs result in low CO2 emission.
- SOFCs do not need to work with corrosive liquid electrolyte, making them durable with a life expectancy of 40,000–80,000 h [1,3].
Types of Fuel Cell | Electrolyte | Operating Temperature (°C) | Fuel | Oxidant | Efficiency (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alkaline fuel cell (AFC) | Potassium hydroxide | 50–200 | Pure hydrogen, or hydrazine | O2/Air | 50–55 |
Direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) | Polymer | 60–200 | Liquid methanol | O2/Air | 40–55 |
Phosphoric acid fuel cell (PAFC) | Phosphoric acid | 160–210 | Hydrogen from hydrocarbons and alcohol | O2/Air | 40–50 |
Sulfuric acid fuel cell (SAFC) | Sulfuric acid | 80–90 | Alcohol or impure hydrogen | O2/Air | 40–50 |
Proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) | Polymer, proton exchange membrane | 50–80 | Less pure hydrogen from hydrocarbons or methanol | O2/Air | 40–50 |
Molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC) | Molten salt (e.g. nitrate, sulfate, carbonate) | 630–650 | Hydrogen, carbon monoxide, natural gas, propane, marine diesel | CO2/O2/Air | 50–60 |
Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) | Cera... |
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Authors
- Chapter 1 Fundamental Aspects of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
- Chapter 2 Materials: Electrolytes, Anodes, Cathodes, Interconnects, and Sealants
- Chapter 3 Processing
- Chapter 4 Cell and Stack Configuration
- Chapter 5 System Design and Optimization
- Chapter 6 Fuel Cell Technology Commercialization
- Chapter 7 Research, Demonstration, and Commercialization Activities in the US, Europe, and Asia
- Index