Fuel Cell Power Characteristics, Efficiency and Life Span
In this course, the PEM fuel cell static and transient power characteristics will be discussed based on the physical phenomena introduced in the first module. A focus on the fuel cell “theoretical” and “practical” efficiency and their physical meanings will be discussed next. Finally, different phenomena related to the fuel cell aging/degradation will be briefly introduced. Topics covered include: PEM fuel cells polarization curve and electrical/thermal power; PEM fuel cells transient power characteristics;Efficiency – energy change during electrochemical reactions; Efficiency – final efficiency with associated voltage losses; Impacts of PEM fuel cells parameters on fuel cell output voltage; and Introduction to fuel cell aging/degradation phenomena.
What you will learn:
- Discuss PEM fuel cells polarization curve and electrical/thermal power and PEM fuel cells transient power characteristics
- Review efficiency – energy change during electrochemical reactions and final efficiency with associated voltage losses
- Consider the impacts of PEM fuel cell parameters on output voltage
- Examine fuel cell aging/degradation phenomena
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Who Should Attend: Electrical engineer, Chemical engineer, Systems engineer, Hardware engineer, Design engineer
Instructor
Fei Gao
Dr. Fei Gao is currently an associate professor at the energy department of the University of Technology of Belfort-Montbeliard (UTBM), Belfort, France. He received respectively from UTBM the Master's degree in electrical and control system engineering in 2007, and the PhD degree in renewable energy with distinguished youth doctor reward in 2010. His main research fields include fuel cells and their applications in transportation, multi-physical modeling and real time simulation systems. He is the head of the energy production division of department of Energy of UTBM, and the chair of fuel cell modeling axis of the Fuel Cell Research Federation (FR CNRS) in France. Since 2014, he is also appointed as adjunct lecture professor at School of Automation of the Northwestern Polytechnical University in China. He is associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification and editor of the IEEE Transportation Electrification Newsletter. He is elected in 2013 as Secretary (IEEE officer) of the Technical Committee on Automotive Technology (TCAT) of IEEE Industry Electronic Society (IES). He serves also as technical track chair and member of organizing committee in many IEEE international conferences (IECON, ITEC, APEC).
Publication Date: 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4799-8539-5