Fuel Cells /
Fuel Cells is a concise, up-to-date and accessible guide to the evolution of the use of electrochemistry to generate power. The author provides a comprehensive exploration of the history of fuel cells, the environmental concerns which came into prominence in the 1980s and the economic factors associ...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Academic Press,
[2017]
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Colección: | Power generation series.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Fuel Cells; Copyright Page; Contents; 1 An Introduction to Fuel Cells; 1.1 The History of Fuel Cells; 1.2 Global Fuel Cell Capacity; 2 The Fundamentals of Fuel Cell Operation; 2.1 The Fuel Cell Principle; 2.2 Catalysts; 2.3 Hydrocarbon Gas Reformation; 2.4 Fuel Cell Efficiency; 2.5 Fuel Cell Types; 3 The Alkaline Fuel Cell; 3.1 The History of AFCs; 3.2 The AFC Principle; 3.3 Current AFC Design; 3.4 Hydrogen Fuel for AFCs; 3.5 Hydroxyl Ion Exchange Membranes; 3.6 AFCs and Alternative Fuels; 3.7 Applications of AFCs; 4 The Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell.
- 4.1 The History of the PEM Fuel Cell4.2 The PEM Principle; 4.3 PEM Fuel Cell Catalysts; 4.4 Membranes; 4.5 Natural Gas Reforming; 4.6 Commercial Applications of PEM Fuel Cells; 5 The Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cell; 5.1 History of the PAFC; 5.2 The PAFC Principle; 5.3 Fuel Processing; 5.4 Commercial Cells; 6 The Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell; 6.1 The History of the MCFC; 6.2 The MCFC Principle; 6.3 Hybrid Power Systems; 6.4 Fuel Reforming; 6.5 Active Carbon Dioxide Capture; 6.6 Commercial MCFCs; 6.7 Applications; 7 The Solid Oxide Fuel Cell; 7.1 The History of the SOFC; 7.2 The SOFC Principle.
- 7.3 Electrolytes and Cell Structures7.4 SOFC-Turbine Hybrids; 7.5 Fuel Processing; 7.6 Commercial SOFC Cells and Applications; 8 Direct Methanol Fuel Cell; 8.1 The History of the DMFC; 8.2 The DMFC Principle; 8.3 Membranes and Catalysts; 8.4 Applications; 9 Fuel Cells and the Environment; 9.1 Fuel Cells, Emissions, and Efficiency; 9.2 The Hydrogen Economy; 9.3 Other Environmental Considerations; 10 The Cost of Electricity From Fuel Cells; 10.1 Levelized Cost of Energy Model; 10.2 Capital Cost; 10.3 The Levelized Cost of Electricity from a Fuel Cell Power Plant; Back Cover.