Live support chatIntroduction to Fuel Cells for Decarbonization
In Introduction to Fuel Cells for Decarbonization, you'll learn ...
- How fuel cells work
- The advantages and disadvantages of the various types of fuel cells
- Industrial applications for fuel cells
- The technical and economic challenges of converting to fuel cell technology
Overview
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Credit: 4 PDH
Length: 85 pages
A fuel cell is an electrochemical device that uses hydrogen or hydrogen-rich fuel and an oxidant to make energy. Fuel cells are increasingly seen as a reliable green energy alternative to polluting processes based on combustion from diesel and gasoline engines to coal-burning power plants. Rather than burning fuel to create electricity, fuel cells rely on an electrochemical reaction—which does not produce greenhouse gases. They offer significant energy efficiency and decarbonization benefits to a range of industries—including stationary power generation, automotive and heavy transport.
Fuel cells can run on a wide range of fuels, ranging from gaseous fuels such as hydrogen and natural gas to liquid fuels such as methanol and gasoline. If pure hydrogen is used as a fuel, fuel cells emit only heat and water as a byproduct.
Various types of fuel cells have been developed over the last few decades, such as Alkaline fuel cell (AFC), Direct Methanol fuel cell (DMFC), Phosphoric Acid fuel cell (PAFC), Molten Carbonate fuel cell (MCFC), Solid Oxide fuel cell (SOFC), and Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell.
This course introduces fuel cell technology and explores the merits and downsides of various fuel cell types, as well as their appropriateness for various applications. The course also aims to present the technical and economic challenges of introducing this technology.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Working fundamentals and performance of the fuel cell technology
- Advantages and disadvantages of fuel cells
- Applications of fuel cells in transportation and stationary power generation
- Operating principles and chemical reactions of different types of fuel cells
- Comparative advantages and disadvantages of different kinds of fuel cells
- Detailed construction of PEM fuel cells and fuel cell stacks
- Effect of various parameters on PEM fuel cell performance
- Cost economics of fuel cells
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 20 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
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Preview a portion of this course before purchasing it.
Credit: 4 PDH
Length: 85 pages
