
Fuel Cells for Transportation
Fundamental Principles and Applications
- 1st Edition - May 19, 2023
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Editors: Prodip K. Das, Kui Jiao, Yun Wang, Frano Barbir, Xianguo Li
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 9 4 8 5 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 9 4 8 6 - 6
Fuel Cells for Transportation: Fundamental Principles and Applications is the first comprehensive reference on the application of fuel cells for light- and heavy-duty transport… Read more
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Fuel Cells for Transportation: Fundamental Principles and Applications is the first comprehensive reference on the application of fuel cells for light- and heavy-duty transportation. Addressing the subject from both a materials and engineering perspective, the book examines integration, modeling, and optimization of fuel cells from fundamentals to the latest advances. Chapters address every aspect of fuel cell systems for transport applications, including performance optimization, stack characterization, low-cost materials and catalysts, design of bipolar plates and flow fields, water and thermal management, durability under automotive driving cycles, cold start, state of the art characterization, optimization of various components, and more.
Each chapter reviews the fundamental principles of the topic before going on to examine the latest developments alongside current applications and real-world case studies. This is an essential reference for graduate students and researchers working on fuel cells for transport applications, as well as professional engineers involved in the application of fuel cells and clean energy and working in any sector of the transportation industry.
- Presents a comprehensive examination of the technologies, integration and application of fuel cells for transportation, from the fundamentals to the latest advances
- Examines the latest challenges, market outlooks and targets for fuel cells in light-duty and heavy-duty vehicles
- Offers solutions to fuel-cell system integration problems, optimization of operating conditions, and improvements for fuel-cell materials based on the latest developments
- Addresses key barriers to the commercial success of fuel cells for transportation, including durability, performance, materials and how to balance these factors
2. Fuel cell fundamentals
3. Fuel cell modeling and optimization
4. Lattice Boltzmann modeling and artificial intelligence
5. Low platinum-based catalysts for fuel cells: status and prospects
6. Platinum group metal-free catalysts for fuel cells: status and prospects
7. Effective transport properties: modeling and experimental characterization
8. Liquid water transport and management
9. Fuel cell stack characterization
10. Power demand for transportation FC systems
11. Bipolar plates and flow field design
12. Heat transport and thermal management
13. Mass transport in the cathode
14. Automotive fuel cell control strategies
15. Fuel cell durability under automotive driving cycles
16. Cold start of fuel cells
17. SOFCs for vehicles
18. Fuel cell-battery hybrid power system optimization and management for transportation application
19. Hydrogen refueling stations/infrastructure
20. Conclusive remarks
- Edition: 1
- Published: May 19, 2023
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Language: English
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Prodip K. Das
KJ
Kui Jiao
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Yun Wang
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Frano Barbir
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