Hydrogen and Microbial fuel cells detailed syllabus for Petrochemical Engineering (PCE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the PCE 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 Petrochemical Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit PCE 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-I scheme and its subjects refer to PCE Professional Elective-I syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of hydrogen and microbial fuel cells is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION TO FUEL CELLS 9
Introduction – working and types of fuel cell – low, medium and high temperature fuel cell, liquid and methanol types, proton exchange membrane fuel cell solid oxide, microbial fuel cells, hydrogen fuel cells – thermodynamics and electrochemical kinetics of fuel cells.
Unit II
HYDROGEN AND PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES 9
Hydrogen – physical and chemical properties, salient characteristics. Production of hydrogen -steam reforming – water electrolysis – gasification and woody biomass conversion – biological hydrogen production – photo dissociation – direct thermal or catalytic splitting of water.
Unit III
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Unit IV
THE WORKINGS OF MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS 9
An introduction to microbial fuel cells-Electrochemical principles – characterization of bioelectrochemical systems-electron transfer mechanisms in biofilms
Unit V
MATERIALS FOR MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS AND REACTOR DESIGN 9
Anode materials for microbial fuel cells – surface modification – membranes and separators for microbial fuel cells – cathodes for microbial fuel cells – reactor design and scale up.
Course Outcomes:
- Gain the knowledge on the various types of fuel cell.
- Apply the concepts involved hydrogen and production techniques
- Understanding the skill in hydrogen storage and applications .
- Understand the principle mechanism and working of microbial fuel cells
- Evaluating the materials used for microbial fuel cells design
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