JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Course Objectives:

• To Know about emerging technologies like production and storage of Hydrogen
• To understand the concept of Fuel Cells and its applications.

Course Outcomes

After completion of the course, students will be able to:

• Gain exposure to different fuel cells in particularly Hydrogen fuel cells
• Apply the fuel cell technology in various applications

UNIT - I

Hydrogen Energy Economy: Hydrogen Energy Economy – Conception, Present status and a vision – Applications of Hydrogen - Transport application-cars, light trucks, buses - Stationary and Portable-Electronic gadgets.

UNIT - II

Hydrogen and Production Techniques: 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

Hydrogen Storage & Transport: Hydrogen storage options – Compressed gas – Liquid hydrogen – Hydride – Chemical Storage – Comparisons - Transport of Hydrogen - Pipelines, gaseous, liquid and compound materials.

UNIT - IV

Fuel Cells: History – Principle - Working - Thermodynamics and kinetics of fuel cell process – Types of fuel cells – AFC, PAFC, SOFC, MCFC, DMFC, PEMFC – Relative merits and demerits - Performance evaluation of fuel cell – Comparison of battery Vs fuel cell – Flow Battery.

UNIT - V

Application Of Fuel Cell: Fuel cell usage for domestic power systems - large scale power generation – Automobile - Space - Environmental analysis of usage of Hydrogen in Fuel cell - Future trends in fuel cells.

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. Hydrogen and Fuel Cells: A Comprehensive Guide, Rebecca L. and Busby, Penn Well Corporation, Oklahoma (2005).
• 2. Fuel Cells – Principles and Applications, Viswanathan, B and M Aulice Scibioh, Universities Press (2006).

REFERENCES:

• 1. Hydrogen and Fuel Cells: A Comprehensive Guide, Rebecca L. and Busby, Penn Well Corporation, Oklahoma (2005).
• 2. Hydrogen and Fuel Cells: Emerging Technologies and Applications, Bent Sorensen (Sørensen), Elsevier, UK (2005).
• 3. Fuel Cell and Their Applications, Kordesch, K and G.Simader, Wiley-Vch, Germany (1996).
• 4. Fuel Cells: Theory and Application, Hart, A. B and G.J.Womack, Prentice Hall, NewYork Ltd., London (1989).
• 5. The Hydrogen Economy, Jeremy Rifkin, Penguin Group, USA (2002).
• 6. Fuel Cells – Principles and Applications, Viswanathan, B and M Aulice Scibioh, Universities Press (2006).
• 7. Online lecture on Hydrogen Economy, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yYrc1-thxQ M. Tech – III Semester L T P C 3 0 0 3