Fuel Cell Technology (CM-504 (B))-Chemical Engineering (V-Semester) | RGPV

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• Syllabus

• Syllabus - Fuel Cell Technology (CM-504 (B))

• Unit I - Fundamentals

• Electrochemical cells
• Faraday’s law of electrolysis
• Electrodes and Nernst’s theory
• Types of cells

• Unit II - Introduction

• Conventions and constants
• Current and reaction rate
• Electrode reactions and kinetics
• Mass transfer

• Unit III - Hydrogen fuel cell

• Introduction to hydrocarbon based fuel cells
• H2 production and storage
• Working of H2 fuel cell

• Unit IV - Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell

• Introduction and working of PEMFC
• Electro chemistry modeling
• Gas phase species diffusivity
• Membrane phase electronic conductivity

• Unit V - Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

• Introduction and working of SOFC
• Modeling SOFC
• Current transport & potential field
• Over potential
• Modeling electrochemical potential

• Unit VI - Fuel Cell Systems

• System processes
• System optimization
• Fuel cell networking
• Life cycle analysis of fuel cells
• Hybrid systems