As the search for alternative fuels heats up, no topic is hotter than fuel cells. Filling a glaring gap in the literature, Fuel Cell Fundamentals, Second Edition gives advanced undergraduate and beginning level graduate students an important introduction to the basic science and engineering behind fuel cell technology. Emphasizing the foundational scientific principles that apply to any fuel cell type or technology, the text provides straightforward descriptions of how fuel cells work, why they offer the potential for high efficiency, and how their unique advantages can best be used. Designed to be accessible to fuel cell beginners, the text is suitable for any engineering or science major with a background in calculus, basic physics, and elementary thermodynamics. This new edition provides updated and enhanced examples, problems, and pedagogy for classroom use and features a significantly enlarged section on the practical applications of fuel cell technology. A solutions manual will be developed.
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A new edition of an essential introduction to the science and engineering behind fuel cells
As the search for alternative energy technologies heats up, no topic is hotter than fuel cells. Updating its successful first edition, Fuel Cell Fundamentals, Second Edition gives advanced undergraduate and beginning level graduate students an important introduction to the basic science and engineering behind fuel cell technology. Emphasizing the foundational scientific principles that apply to any fuel cell type or technology, the text provides straightforward descriptions of how fuel cells work, why they offer the potential for high efficiency, and how their unique advantages can best be used.
Designed to be accessible to fuel cell beginners, the text is suitable for any engineering or science major with a background in calculus, basic physics, and elementary thermodynamics. The book is divided in two parts:
Part I: Fuel Cell Principles is devoted to basic fuel cell physics. Illustrated diagrams, examples, text boxes, and homework questions are all designed to impart a unified, intuitive understanding of fuel cells.
Part II: Fuel Cell Technology has been significantly enlarged for this Second Edition. In this section you will find out how to select the right fuel cell for a given application and how to design a complete system. Finally, you will learn how to assess the potential environmental impact of fuel cell technology.
Further enhancing this new edition are updated and improved examples, problems, and pedagogy for classroom use.
About the Author
Ryan O'Hayre received his PhD in materials science and engineering at Stanford University and is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines.
Suk-Won Cha, PhD, is an assistant professor in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.
Whitney Colella, PhD, is a President Harry S. Truman Research Fellow in National Security Science and
Engineering, Energy, Resources & Systems Analysis Center, Sandia National Laboratories.
Fritz B. Prinz, PhD, is the Rodney H. Adams Professor in the School of Engineering and serves as Chair in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University.
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Best book out there,
By Max Hertz "Enginerd" (MI, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fuel Cell Fundamentals (Hardcover)
I've read just about every modern book there is on fuel cells and this one by far is my favorite. It explains everything clearly and provides a good fundamental understanding of fuel cell technology. Given the multidisciplinary nature of fuel cells, this isn't an easy thing to do. The book has a very good format to it as well. The first half provides information about the science behind fuel cells and how they work. The second half is entirely based on application and includes related technologies such as metal hydride hydrogen storage and information about power electronics and control. The book also includes an several appendices which include thermodynamic data as expected but it also has a great little primer on quantum mechanics and a full list of important equations that pertain to fuel cells.
If you work in the fuel cell industry or are studying fuel cells in university you have to own this book.
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Despite the many typos found in equations, the material is very well-organized.,
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I used this book for an introductory fuel cell course:
There are simply MANY typos in the equations. This can be frustrating at times but usually the typos become quite obvious with a little inspection. It's somewhat disheartening to see so many errors in a '2nd Edition'--especially when considering that 3 out of 4 authors are Stanford Professors. Disgarding the errors, however, the book is quite thorough with respect to covering the fundamentals of thermodynamics, chemistry, and relevant transport phenomena prior to presenting fuel cell specifics. The topic of fuel cell fundamentals is an eclectic subject, it requires knowledge from many subjects of mechanical engineering and chemistry. This book does a great job covering all the necessary background so it does not leave you in the dark. The presentation of material is well designed; I recommend this book solely for this reason.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Needs an editor.,
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The author does a really good job of scaling information from what people may or may not recall from Chem I & II to what is needed for modeling fuel cells, and the accuracy of modeling is consistently given proper focus. However, the typos are numerous and mainly plague the equations listed, which is the worst possible place for them. To date, I have seen no errata posted by the publisher. This book would be solid otherwise, but for all of the times that it left me scratching my head, saying, "Wtf?" 3/5 is the max that it gets.
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