Fundamentals of Heat and Fluid Flow in High Temperature Fuel Cells (Paperback)

Introduction to fuel cells
What is a fuel cell?
How does a fuel cell work?
Main fuel cell layers
Anode layer
Anode catalyst layer
Cathode layer
Cathode catalyst layer
Electrolyte layer
Different types of fuel cells
Solid oxide fuel cell
Classification of SOFCs
Conventional SOFCs
Single chamber SOFCs
No chamber SOFCs
SOFC advantages and disadvantages
Conventional materials used in SOFC layers
Different SOFC geometries
Planar type
Tubular type
Anode supported design
Cathode supported design
Electrolyte supported design
Fundamentals of Heat transfer
Different modes of Heat transfer
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Energy conservation
Heat transfer in free and porous media
Transient and steady state heat transfer
Heat generation
Some applicable boundary conditions
Conduction heat transfer in sofcs
Heat conduction equation
Thermal conductivity
Conduction in porous media
Convection heat transfer in sofcs
Fundamental convection principles
Laminar flow
Turbulent flow
Natural and forced convection
convectively
Convection in porous media
Fundamentals of fluid flow
Mass conservation
Momentum conservation
Different types of motion equation
Compressible and incompressible flow
Fluid flow in porous media
Some applicable boundary conditions
Fully coupling in modelling
Case Studies
Hydrogen-fed SOFC
Methane-fed SOFC
Combined systems
Combined SOFC and CHP
Combined SOFC and power plant