High-Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells for the 21st Century: Fundamentals, Design and Applications / Edition 2

by Kevin Kendall, Michaela Kendall

Overview

High-temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Second Edition, explores the growing interest in fuel cells as a sustainable source of energy. The text brings the topic of green energy front and center, illustrating the need for new books that provide comprehensive and practical information on specific types of fuel cells and their applications. This landmark volume on solid oxide fuel cells contains contributions from experts of international repute, and provides a single source of the latest knowledge on this topic.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780124104532
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	11/16/2015
Edition description:	2nd Revised ed.
Pages:	520
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Professor Kendall was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1993, following more than two

decades of advancing research in fuel cells and materials. Previously, he has worked at the University of

Keele and Akron University, and has worked in research at Joseph Lucas, British Railways and ICI.

Professor Kendall is especially noted in the USA where his patents on microtubular SOFCs have been

exploited by two companies (Acumentrics and Nanodynamics) which have since received about 30M$ of

funding for product development. He is also the founder and chief of the Birmingham start-up company.

Adelan which specializes in SOFC technology. He received the Award for Excellence of the American

Adhesion Society in 1999, one of only three Britons ever to achieve this, and was awarded the Wake

medal for adhesion in 2005.

He is Fellow of the Royal Society, Fellow of the Institute of Physics, Member of the Institute of Materials,

Editorial board member for J Adhesion & Adhesives, member of the Hooke Committee of Royal Society

and is Secretary of the Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Centre. His research specializations include fuel cell

science and technology, especially for domestic houses, and Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). He runs the

major SOFC conference in the UK and is also on the Grove and Fuel Cell Forum conference committees.

His current research projects include; collaboration with Adelan Ltd on fuel cell development, the

REALSOFC European project, collaboration with Shell on fuel reforming and a project with Baxi on

implementation of fuel cell systems in domestic houses.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction to SOFCs Chapter 2 History Chapter 3 Thermodynamics Chapter 4 Electrolytes Chapter 5 Cathodes Chapter 6 Anodes Chapter 7 Interconnects Chapter 8 Cell and Stack Designs, Fabrication and Performance Chapter 9 System Designs and Applications up to MW scale Chapter 10 Cells and Stacks for Portable Applications Chapter 11 Electrode Polarizations Chapter 12 Testing of Electrodes, Cells and Short Stacks

Chapter 13 Cell, Stack and System Modelling Chapter 14 Fuels and Fuels Processing Chapter 15 Durability and Lifetime Chapter 16 Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

The authoritative reference on the world’s most efficient fuel cells—now updated with the cutting-edge breakthroughs that will finally push this green energy source into the mainstream

Editorial Reviews

"The book says that solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) are the most efficient devices yet invented for conversion of chemical fuels directly into electrical power. It points out that improvements in theory and experiment are still being made 120 years after the original work on fuel cells." —Power Electronics

"The information contained in most of the chapters is fundamental enough for the book to be useful as a textbook for students at graduate level....Scientists and researchers already active in the field will also find the book very interesting. " —Paola Costamagna, DICHEP - University of Genova, Italy

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