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| FFY630 - Fuel cells - function and materials |
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| Owner: TTFYA |
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5,0 Credits (ECTS 7,5) |
| Grading: TH - Five, Four, Three, Not passed |
| Level: D |
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Department: 16 - PHYSICS
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Teaching language: Swedish
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In programs
TTFYA ENGINEERING PHYSICS, Year 4 (elective)
TKEFA CHEMICAL ENGINEERING WITH ENGINEERING PHYSICS, Year 4 (elective)
Examiner:
Bitr professor
Bengt-Erik Mellander
Eligibility:
For single subject courses within Chalmers programmes the same eligibility requirements apply, as to the programme(s) that the course is part of.
Course specific prerequisites
Basic thermodynamics
Aim
The course aims at giving a fundamental understanding of the function and materials of fuel cells, materials properties and components. What is needed to make the technique commercially available will be discussed.
Goal
The goal of the course is that the student will be able to use their knowledge from different fields within the fuel vell technology and to identify, formulate and solve fuel cell related problems.
Content
The interest for fuel cells has increased considerably due to their potential for mobile and portable applications as well as for stationary power production. The most important advantages of the fuel cell technique are the high efficiency, low emissions and noise level. The course treats the basic principles of the fuel cell technology and performance will be described from a thermodynamic perspective. Different types of fuel cells will be discussed, e.g. the polymer fuel cell (PEM), the phosphoric acid fuel cell (PAFC), the molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC) and the solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC). Also new types such as the intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cell (ITSOFC) will be treated. Materials, ion and electron transport, performance and analysis will be focused. Balance-of-plant, fuels and fuel reforming as well as related aspects concerning for example distribution of the produced electricity will also be taken into consideration.
Organisation
Lectures and exercises
Literature
Most part of the literature will be available on Internet. Detailed information will be available on the web-site.
Examination
Written exam