Hydrogen And Fuel Cell Technology detailed syllabus for Chemical Engineering (CE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the CE students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Chemical Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit CE 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-II scheme and its subjects refer to CE Professional Elective-II syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of hydrogen and fuel cell technology is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION 9
Overview of fuel cells: Low and high temperature fuel cells; Fuel cell thermodynamics – heat, work Potentials, prediction of reversible voltage, fuel cell efficiency, Types of fuel cells.
Unit II
FUEL CELL KINETICS 9
Fuel cell reaction kinetics – electrode kinetics, overvoltage, Tafel equation, charge transfer reaction, exchange currents, electro catalysis – design, activation kinetics, Fuel cell charge and mass transport – flow field, transport in electrode and electrolyte.
Unit III
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Unit IV
RENEWABLE SOURCES 9
Balance of plant; Hydrogen production from renewable sources and storage; safety issues, cost expectation and life cycle analysis of fuel cells.
Unit V
APPLICATIONS OF FUEL CELL 9
Fuel cell power plants: fuel processor, fuel cell power section (fuel cell stack), power conditioner; automotive applications, portable applications
Course Outcomes:
On completion of the course, the students will be able to
- aware of alternate energy sources and its importance of it.
- understand the fuel cell kinetics
- able to understand the characterization techniques
- Analyze the renewable sources and storage
- Understand the applications of fuel cells in various fields.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- S. Basu, “Fuel Cell Science and Technology”, Springer, 2007.
- H. Liu, “Principles of Fuel Cells”, Taylor & Francis, 2006.
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