Fundamentals of Heat and Fluid Flow in High Temperature Fuel Cells

Fundamentals of Heat and Fluid Flow in High Temperature Fuel Cells introduces the key-concepts related to heat, fluid and mass transfer applied to high temperature fuel cells. The book briefly covers different type of fuel cells and discusses solid oxide fuel cells in detail, presenting related mass, momentum, energy and species equation. It then examines real case studies of hydrogen- and methane-fed SOFC, as well as combined heat and power and hybrid energy systems. This comprehensive reference is a useful resource for those working in high temperature fuel cell modeling and development, including energy researchers, engineers and graduate students that are interested in improving their understanding of the different modes of heat, fluid and mass transfer in fuel cells, and particularly how those apply in practice to solid oxide fuel cell systems for power and heat generation. Provides broad coverage of the key concepts related to heat transfer and fluid flow in high temperature fuel cellsPresents in depth knowledge of solid oxide fuel cells and their application in different kinds of heat and power systemsExmines real life case studies covering different types of fuels and combined systems, including CHP INDICE: Introduction to fuel cellsWhat is a fuel cell?How does a fuel cell work?Main fuel cell layersAnode layerAnode catalyst layerCathode layerCathode catalyst layerElectrolyte layerDifferent types of fuel cellsSolid oxide fuel cell Classification of SOFCsConventional SOFCsSingle chamber SOFCsNo chamber SOFCsSOFC advantages and disadvantagesConventional materials used in SOFC layersDifferent SOFC geometriesPlanar typeTubular typeAnode supported designCathode supported designElectrolyte supported designFundamentals of Heat transferDifferent modes of Heat transferConductionConvectionRadiationEnergy conservationHeat transfer in free and porous media Transient and steady state heat transferHeat generationSome applicable boundary conditionsConduction heat transfer in sofcsHeat conduction equationThermal conductivityConduction in porous mediaConvection heat transfer in sofcsFundamental convection principlesLaminar flowTurbulent flowNatural and forced convectionconvectivelyConvection in porous mediaFundamentals of fluid flowMass conservationMomentum conservationDifferent types of motion equationCompressible and incompressible flowFluid flow in porous media Some applicable boundary conditionsFully coupling in modelling Case Studies Hydrogen-fed SOFCMethane-fed SOFCCombined systems Combined SOFC and CHPCombined SOFC and power plant

• ISBN: 978-0-12-815753-4
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 312
• Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2019
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés