Fundamentals of Heat and Fluid Flow in High Temperature Fuel Cells

Key reference on different modes of heat, fluid and mass transfer in fuel cells and their application in heat and power systems

Majid Ghassemi (Author), Majid Kamvar (Author), Robert Steinberger-Wilckens (Author)

9780128157534

Paperback, published 19 August 2020

196 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 1.4 cm, 0.32 kg

Fundamentals of Heat and Fluid Flow in High Temperature Fuel Cells introduces key-concepts relating to heat, fluid and mass transfer as applied to high temperature fuel cells. The book briefly covers different type of fuel cells and discusses solid oxide fuel cells in detail, presenting related mass, momentum, energy and species equation. It then examines real case studies of hydrogen- and methane-fed SOFC, as well as combined heat and power and hybrid energy systems. This comprehensive reference is a useful resource for those working in high temperature fuel cell modeling and development, including energy researchers, engineers and graduate students.

1. Introduction to fuel cells2. What is a fuel cell?3. How does a fuel cell work?4. Main fuel cell layers5. Anode layer6. Anode catalyst layer7. Cathode layer8. Cathode catalyst layer9. Electrolyte layer10. Different types of fuel cells11. Solid oxide fuel cell 12. Classification of SOFCs13. Conventional SOFCs14. Single chamber SOFCs15. No chamber SOFCs16. SOFC advantages and disadvantages17. Conventional materials used in SOFC layers18. Different SOFC geometries19. Planar type20. Tubular type21. Anode supported design22. Cathode supported design23. Electrolyte supported design24. Fundamentals of Heat transfer25. Different modes of Heat transfer26. Conduction27. Convection28. Radiation29. Energy conservation30. Heat transfer in free and porous media 31. Transient and steady state heat transfer32. Heat generation33. Some applicable boundary conditions34. Conduction heat transfer in SOFCs35. Heat conduction equation36. Thermal conductivity37. Conduction in porous media38. Convection heat transfer in SOFCs39. Fundamental convection principles40. Laminar flow41. Turbulent flow42. Natural and forced convection convectively43. Convection in porous media44. Fundamentals of fluid flow45. Mass conservation46. Momentum conservation47. Different types of motion equation48. Compressible and incompressible flow49. Fluid flow in porous media 50. Some applicable boundary conditions51. Fully coupling in modelling 52. Case Studies 53. Hydrogen-fed SOFC54. Methane-fed SOFC55. Combined systems 56. Combined SOFC and CHP57. Combined SOFC and power plant

Subject Areas: Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology [THX]