Fuelcells

For Further Reading Breakthrough Technologies Institute, The Online Fuel Cell Information Center," http //www.fuelcells.org/. M. Jacoby, Filling up with Hydrogen," Chemical and Engineering News, vol. 83, August 22, 2005, pp. 42-47. R Weiss, Pocket sFuel cells go mobile, Chemistry in Britain, January 2003, p. 27. 

Nprskov JK, Rossmeisl J, et al. 2004. Origin of the overpotential for oxygen reduction at a fuelcell cathode. J Phys Chem B 108 17886. 

Campbell S. 2006. Ballard Power System. Development of transition metal/chalcogen based cathode catalysts for PEM fuel cells. DOE Hydrogen Program Review, May 16-19, Washington, DC. Available at http //www.hydrogen.energy.gov/annual review06 fuelcells.html (click on catalysts section). 

Air Products and Chemicals, available at http //www.airproducts.com/Products/Liquid-BulkGases/HydrogenEnergy/FuelCells/, 2003. 

U.S. DOE-EERE 2003, available at www.eere.energy.gov/hydrogenand fuelcells (accessed March 2007). 

Scientific American published a special issue on fuel cells in July 1999. Alternatively, A. John Appleby s introductory article The electrochemical engine for vehicles is a good read the Internet sites http //www.chemcases.com/cells/index.htm, http //www.fuelcells.org and http //www.howstujfworks.com/fuel-cell.htm and fuel-cell2.htm are also worth a try. 

Beneath the passenger cabin is an 11-inch-thick aluminum frame that holds all of the electric motors, microprocessors, mechanical parts, fuelcell components, hydrogen tanks and other systems needed to operate the vehicle. The control wiring is carried in a single harness and permits designers to locate the operating controls virtually anywhere in the wide-open interior. 

FuelCell Energy is a partner with Versa Power Systems, Nexant, and Gas Technology Institute to develop more affordable fuel-cell-based technology that uses synthesis gas from a coal gasifier. The key objectives include the development of fuel cell technologies, fabrication processes, and manufacturing capabilities for solid oxide fuel cell stacks for multi-mega-watt power plants. 

FuelCells2000 (2009a). Fuel Cell Buses, www.fuelcells.org/info/charts/buses.pdf. 

Figure 13.8. Worldwide new installations of stationary fuel cells 1990 to 2005 (www.fuelcells. org/db as of January 2005 FCDIC, personal communication 2006 Jochem et al., 2007).

Walhood, D.G. Ferguson J.R. The Optimum Voltage-Current Operation of Single and Series Connected FuelCells In Proceedings of the International Symposium of the European Communities Luxembourg, 1992, 2d. ed., pp 289-296. 

Source U.S. Department of Energy. 2007. Technical targets Bipolar plates. Multiyear research, development and demonstration plan, http //wwwl.eere.energy.gov/hydrogenand-fuelcells/mypp/pdfs/fuel cells.pdf (accessed Dec. 2008). 

Andrukaitis, E. 2006. Bipolar plates studies for PEM fuel cells. Defense R D Canada, http / /www.fuelcells.tugraz.at/uploads/AndrukaitisBipolarPlateSlides4 Sept06final.pdf (accessed Dec. 2008). 

U.S. DoE Hydrogen Rrogram. 2007. Annual progress report. http //www. hydrogen.energy. gov/annual progress07 fuelcells.html b (accessed Dec. 2008). 

One of the lessons learned in the 1990s was that the enormous need for high-performance portable power is not diminishing. Consumer electronics continues to be a vibrant, worldwide market force, leading to ever-increasing demands for portable power. The inability of lithium ion batteries to fully satisfy consumer electronics has been one of the principal motivations for the dramatic rise in fuelcell research and development. As the dimensions of devices continue to shrink, the question arises as to... 

The first heterocycle-based systems that had some relevance in the development of new types of fuelcell membranes were sulfonated polyarylenes ° and... 

The initial drop in the polarization curve is due to the sluggish kinetics of the ORR at the temperatures normally used for current polymer-electrolyte fuelcell operation (<100 °C). A typical electrochemical... 

Although the fuel-cell sandwich is the heart of a fuel cell, there are important effects that are not found when only a 1-D model is used. These effects basically arise from the fact that a fuel cell is in reality a 3-D structure, as shown in Figures 1 and 5. Many models explore these effects and are discussed in this section. These models always include the fuelcell sandwich as one of the dimensions. First, the 2-D models are examined and then the 3-D ones. Because there is another review in this issue that focuses on these models in more depth, the discussion below is shortened. 

To complete the discussion of the macroscopic fuelcell models, two other effects should be examined. These effects can be important, have not really been... 

Finally, there are some miscellaneous polymer-electrolyte fuel cell models that should be mentioned. The models of Okada and co-workers - have examined how impurities in the water affect fuel-cell performance. They have focused mainly on ionic species such as chlorine and sodium and show that even a small concentration, especially next to the membrane at the cathode, impacts the overall fuelcell performance significantly. There are also some models that examine having free convection for gas transfer into the fuel cell. These models are also for very miniaturized fuel cells, so that free convection can provide enough oxygen. The models are basically the same as the ones above, but because the cell area is much smaller, the results and effects can be different. For example, free convection is used for both heat transfer and mass transfer, and the small... 

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Smithsonian Institution. Fuel Cell Basics. Available online. URL http //americanhistory.si.edu/fuelcells/basics.htm. Accessed May 28,2009. This Web page presents an overview of fuel cell operation. Alkali, molten carbonate, phosphoric, proton exchange membrane, and soUd oxide fuel cells are discussed. 

Breakthrough Technologies Institute Fuel Cells 2000. Available online. URL http //www.fuelcells.org/. Accessed May 28, 2009. Breakthrough Technologies Institute, a nonprofit organization devoted to promoting fuel cell research and development, sponsors this informative Web site. Sections include fuel cell basics, hydrogen, and the latest research and industrial news. 

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