Course Overview
The course introduces participants to hydrogen fuel cell and hydrogen system technologies. The fundamental characteristics of hydrogen as a fuel will be addressed and various methods of hydrogen production, hydrogen storage and energy conversion of hydrogen will be covered.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
0.0
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Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course the student will be able to:
- Explain the history of fuel cells, electrolyzers and hydrogen storage systems.
- Identify the different types of fuel cells (including SOFC, MCFC, PEMFC, PAFC, AFC, DMFC), their characteristics and their various applications.
- Identify the different options of a hydrogen system, (i.e: system using natural gas as a fuel, system with on-site electrolysis).
- Identify the different methods of electrolysis, (i.e: alkaline, PEM, biological).
- Identify the different option of hydrogen storage (Low-pressure, high-pressure, liquid hydrogen).
- Explain the various options of energy conversion from hydrogen to electrical power (i.e: Hydrogen ICEs, and fuel cells) and identify the advantages of one system over another.
- Identify the various applications for each of these above options.
- Specify the main components of a PEM fuel cell and understand the function of each of these components.
- Determine performance (characteristic curve and power curve) of a fuel cell and the factors that affect its performance.
- Explain the benefits as well as challenges to the integration of hydrogen systems into our economy.
Effective as of Winter 2005
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