Transport Phenomena in Fuel Cells

Chapter 1: Multiple transport processes in solid oxide fuel cells Introduction; Thermodynamic and electrochemical fundamentals for solid oxide fuel cells; Electrical potential losses; Computer modeling of a tubular SOFC; Concluding remarks Chapter 2: Numerical models for planar solid oxide fuel cells Introduction; Computer schemes; Stack models; Closure Chapter 3: Electrochemical and thermo-fluid modeling of a tubular solid oxide fuel cell with accompanying indirect internal fuel reforming Introduction; General remarks on the mechanism of IIR-T-SOFC; Numerical modelling; Results and discussion; Conclusions Chapter 4: On heat and mass transfer phenomena in PEMFC and SOFC and modeling approaches Introduction; Fuel cell modeling development; Main processes in SOFCs and PEMFCs; Processes and issues in SOFC and PEMFC; Modeling methodologies for transport processes in SOFC and PEMFC; Results and discussions; Conclusions Chapter 5: Two-phase transport in porous gas diffusion electrodes Introduction; Single-phase transport; Two-phase systems; Multiphase flow models; Outstanding issues and conclusions Chapter 6: Numerical simulation of proton exchange membrane fuel cell Introduction; One-dimensional (1-D) model Chapter 7: Mathematical modeling of fuel cells: from analysis to numerics Introduction; PEFC; DMFC; Conclusions Chapter 8: Modeling of PEM fuel cell stacks with hydraulic network approach Introduction; Model formulation; Numerical procedure; Results and discussion; Conclusions Chapter 9: Two-phase microfluidics, heat and mass transport in direct methanol fuel cells Introduction; Fundamentals of DMFC; Two-phase flow phenomena; Mass transport phenomena; Heat transport; Mathematical modeling and experimental diagnostics; Application: micro DMFC; Summary and outlook