Fuel Cell Modeling and Simulation
From Microscale to Macroscale
- 1st Edition - November 12, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: Gholam Reza Molaeimanesh, Farschad Torabi
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 7 6 2 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 6 4 1 - 6
Fuel Cell Modeling and Simulation: From Micro-Scale to Macro-Scale provides a comprehensive guide to the numerical model and simulation of fuel cell systems and related devices,… Read more
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Request a sales quoteFuel Cell Modeling and Simulation: From Micro-Scale to Macro-Scale provides a comprehensive guide to the numerical model and simulation of fuel cell systems and related devices, with easy-to-follow instructions to help optimize analysis, design and control. With a focus on commercialized PEM and solid-oxide fuel cells, the book provides decision-making tools for each stage of the modeling process, including required accuracy and available computational capacity. Readers are guided through the process of developing bespoke fuel cell models for their specific needs.
This book provides a step-by-step guide to the fundamentals of fuel cell modeling that is ideal for students, researchers and industry engineers working with fuel cell systems, but it will also be a great repository of knowledge for those involved with electric vehicles, batteries and computational fluid dynamics.
- Offers step-by-step guidance on the simulation of PEMFC and SOFC
- Provides an appendix of source codes for modeling, simulation and optimization algorithms
- Addresses the fundamental thermodynamics and reaction kinetics of fuel cells, fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) and fuel cell power plant chapters
Energy researchers and graduate students working in the areas of Environmental Engineering (e.g. waste management), Chemistry (analytical, physical-chemistry, electrochemistry), Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Electrical Engineering. Industry professionals working in the above areas
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Preface
- References
- Chapter 1: Fuel cell fundamentals
- Abstract
- 1.1. Introduction
- 1.2. Thermodynamics
- 1.3. Electrochemical reaction kinetics
- 1.4. Charge transfer
- 1.5. Mass transport
- 1.6. Characteristic curve of a fuel cell
- 1.7. Summary
- 1.8. Problems
- References
- Chapter 2: PEMFCs
- Abstract
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. Microscale modeling and simulation of PEMFCs
- 2.3. Macroscale modeling and simulation of PEMFCs
- 2.4. Summary
- 2.5. Questions and problems
- References
- Chapter 3: Solid oxide fuel cells
- Abstract
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Microscale modeling and simulation of SOFCs
- 3.3. Macroscale modeling and simulation of SOFCs
- 3.4. Modeling of a solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC)
- 3.5. Summary
- 3.6. Problems
- References
- Chapter 4: Hydrogen storage systems
- Abstract
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. High-pressure tanks
- 4.3. Hydrogen-absorbing tank
- 4.4. Summary
- 4.5. Questions and problems
- References
- Chapter 5: Fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs)
- Abstract
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Vehicle dynamics
- 5.3. FCEV configuration and components
- 5.4. Modeling and control of FCEVs
- 5.5. Summary
- 5.6. Problems and questions
- References
- Chapter 6: Fuel cell power plants
- Abstract
- 6.1. Applications
- 6.2. SOFC power plant components
- 6.3. Fuel
- 6.4. Summary
- 6.5. Problems
- References
- Chapter 7: Combined heat and power systems
- Abstract
- 7.1. CHP and fuel cells
- 7.2. General procedure for CHP designs
- 7.3. SOFC-based CHP system
- 7.4. PEMFC-based CHP system
- 7.5. Summary
- 7.6. Problems
- References
- Appendix A: Lattice-Boltzmann codes
- A.1. GeometryGenerator
- A.2. Isothermal single-phase air flow in a PEMFC channel with fiber obstacle
- A.3. Modeling of fluid displacement in porous media
- A.4. PEMFC cathode catalyst layer (CL) modeling using LBM
- Appendix B: MATLAB® code for the simulation of PEMFC
- Appendix C: Optimization methods
- C.1. Concepts of optimization
- C.2. Optimization methods
- C.3. Implementing optimization methods in C++
- C.4. Summary
- References
- Appendix D: UDFs for MH tank simulation in ANSYS Fluent
- Appendix E: Matlab® code for calculating energy consumption of an FCEV
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 12, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 500
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323857628
- eBook ISBN: 9780323856416
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Gholam Reza Molaeimanesh
Gholam Reza Molaeimanesh is Assistant Professor of Automotive Engineering in the Department of Powertrain Systems, University of Science and Technology, Iran. His background is mechanical engineering and automotive engineering and has been working on the modeling and simulation of CFD (specifically via advanced numerical methods such as LBM) for more than 15 years.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor of Automotive Engineering, Department of Powertrain Systems, University of Science and Technology, Tehran, IranFT
Farschad Torabi
Farschad Torabi is an assistant professor at K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Iran. His research interests include renewable energies, batteries and electrochemical systems. His background is in mechanical engineering and his research agenda addresses numerical simulation, using a combination of computational fluid mechanics and analytical methods.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, IranRead Fuel Cell Modeling and Simulation on ScienceDirect