Title: Fuel cells : problems and solutions /
Authors: Bagot͡skiĭ, V. S.
Publisher: Wiley,
Year: 2012
Subjects: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / General.; Fuel cells
Abstract: "This book extracts the most important information on fuel cells, analyzes it, and assesses its scientific value and technical importance. It provides a full yet concise description of all the important aspects of fuel cells from major types to their historical development to inherent scientific and engineering problems and their commercialization and applications. This edition adds two new chapters, one on structural and wetting properties of porous fuel cell components and the other on fuel cells with mixed reactant supply, and updates all chapters with current knowledge for each topic"--
Contents: The working principles of a fuel cell -- The long history of fuel cells -- Major types of fuel cells -- Proton-exchange membrane fuel cells -- Direct liquid fuel cells -- Phosphoric acid fuel cells -- Alkaline fuel cells -- Molten carbonate fuel cells -- Solid-oxide fuel cells -- Other types of fuel cells -- Fuel cells and electrolysis processes -- Inherent scientific and engineering problems -- Fuel management -- Electrocatalysis -- Membranes -- Structural and wetting properties of fuel cell components -- Mathematical modeling of fuel cells -- Experimental methods for investigating fuel cell stacks -- Small fuel cells for portable devices -- Nonconventional design principles for fuel cells -- Commercialization of fuel cells -- Applications -- Fuel cell work in various countries -- Outlook.