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Hydrogen, Batteries and Fuel Cells

  • 1st Edition - July 2, 2019
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Bengt Sundén
  • Language: English

Hydrogen, Batteries and Fuel Cells provides the science necessary to understand these important areas, considering theory and practice, practical problem-solving, descripti… Read more

Description

Hydrogen, Batteries and Fuel Cells provides the science necessary to understand these important areas, considering theory and practice, practical problem-solving, descriptions of bottlenecks, and future energy system applications. The title covers hydrogen as an energy carrier, including its production and storage; the application and analysis of electrochemical devices, such as batteries, fuel cells and electrolyzers; and the modeling and thermal management of momentum, heat, mass and charge transport phenomena. This book offers fundamental and integrated coverage on these topics that is critical to the development of future energy systems.

Key features

  • Combines coverage of hydrogen, batteries and fuel cells in the context of future energy systems
  • Provides the fundamental science needed to understand future energy systems in theory and practice
  • Gives examples of problems and solutions in the use of hydrogen, batteries and fuel cells
  • Considers basic issues in understanding hydrogen and electrochemical devices
  • Describes methods for modeling and thermal management in future energy systems

Readership

Researchers, practicing scientists and engineers in energy, working on hydrogen, battery, and fuel cell technologies; graduate students interested in future energy systems; specialists and researchers into energy systems involved in transport technology

Table of contents

1. General Introduction2. Description of methods for production and storage of hydrogen especially based on renewable energy like solar and wind power3. Introduction/repetition of thermodynamics4. Introduction to electrochemistry5. Introduction to porous mediaExplanation of the basic electrochemical conversion processesPrinciples and function of various batteriesExplanation of the relation between material properties and the performance of a battery, especially lithium-ion batteryEngineering aspects of batteries in vehicles6. Explanation of the principles of various fuel cells including electrolyzers but main focus on PEMFC and SOFC7. Material properties, transport properties for fuel cells8. Electrochemical kinetics, heat and mass transfer, charge and water transport in fuel cellsGuidelines for under what conditions analytical or empirical methods are applicable for batteries and fuel cells9. The basic governing equations for all transport phenomena and methods for modeling, especially thermal management of batteries and fuel cells10. Setting up models for estimation of performance of electrochemical devices11. Engineering aspects of fuel cells in vehicles

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: July 2, 2019
  • Language: English

About the author

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Bengt Sundén

Bengt Sundén received M. Sc. in Mechanical Engineering 1973, Ph. D. and Docent in Applied Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics 1979 and 1980, respectively, from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. He is a Professor of Heat Transfer at Lund University, Sweden since 1992 and served as Head of Energy Sciences during 1995-2016. The research activities include compact heat exchangers, enhanced heat transfer, gas turbine heat transfer, combustion-related heat transfer and others. He established and was editor-in-chief of International Journal of Heat Exchangers 1999-2008, associate editor of ASME J. Heat Transfer 2005-2008, editor-in-chief of Developments in Heat Transfer (WIT Press, UK). He published >700 papers in >300 journals, books, and proceedings, edited 30 books and authored three textbooks. He supervised more than 180 M Sc theses, 46 Licentiate of Engineering theses, 44 PhD-theses.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Energy Sciences, Lund University, USA

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