Fuel Cell Principles
In this first course, the basic physics in the proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells and their material/structural composition, such as Bipolar plates, gas diffusion layer, catalyst layer and proton exchange membrane (electrolyte), will be introduced and explained. In addition to the PEM fuel cell technology, a short review of other fuel cell technologies will also be given. Topics covered include: Introduction to fuel cells; PEM fuel cell operating principals; Bipolar plates and gas channels; Gas diffusion layers (electrodes); Catalyst sites (electrodes); Electrolyte-polymer membrane; Cooling channels; Other fuel cell technologies: SOFC, DMFC, PAFC, AFC, and MCFC.
What you will learn:
- Review an introduction to fuel cells
- Discuss PEM fuel cell operating principles and bipolar plates and gas channels
- Examine gas diffusion layers (electrodes), catalyst sites (electrodes) and Electrolyte – Polymer membrane
- Discuss cooling channels and other fuel cell technologies
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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 Year: 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4799-8538-8