Front Cover -- Fundamentals of Heat and Fluid Flow in High Temperature Fuel Cells -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- About the authors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction to fuel cells -- 1.1 What is a fuel cell? -- 1.2 How does a fuel cell work? -- 1.3 Types of fuel cells -- 1.3.1 Hydroxide ion exchange fuel cell -- 1.3.2 Oxide ion exchange fuel cell -- 1.3.3 Proton exchange fuel cell -- 1.3.4 Carbonate ion exchange fuel cell -- 1.4 Thermodynamics of fuel cells -- References -- 2 Classification of solid oxide fuel cells -- 2.1 Historical summary
2.2 Geometrical types -- 2.2.1 Planar design -- 2.2.2 Tubular design -- 2.2.3 High-power density design -- 2.2.4 Delta design -- 2.2.5 Button design -- 2.3 Cell types in terms of its support -- 2.3.1 Electrolyte-supported solid oxide fuel cell -- 2.3.2 Cathode-supported solid oxide fuel cell -- 2.3.3 Anode-supported solid oxide fuel cell -- 2.4 Solid oxide fuel cell classification based on flow patterns -- 2.5 Cell types in terms of its chamber number -- 2.5.1 Dual-chamber solid oxide fuel cell -- 2.5.2 Single-chamber solid oxide fuel cell -- 2.5.3 No-chamber solid oxide fuel cell
2.6 Single and stack cell designs -- References -- 3 Solid oxide fuel cells in hybrid systems -- 3.1 Strategies for improving the efficiency of solid oxide fuel cell power generation systems -- 3.2 Thermodynamic cycle options in hybrid solid oxide fuel cell systems -- 3.3 Balance of plant equipment -- 3.3.1 Fuel desulfurization -- 3.3.2 Heat exchangers -- 3.3.3 Ejectors -- 3.3.4 Reformer -- 3.3.5 Afterburners -- 3.3.6 Power electronics -- 3.3.7 Other components -- 3.4 Basic solid oxide fuel cell/gas turbine hybrid cycle -- 3.5 Different configurations of solid oxide fuel cell hybrid systems
3.5.1 Direct thermal coupling scheme -- 3.5.2 Indirect thermal coupling scheme -- 3.5.3 Other types of coupling -- 3.6 Mathematical modeling of an solid oxide fuel cell/gas turbine hybrid system -- References -- 4 Fundamentals of electrochemistry -- 4.1 The basic concepts of gas mixture category -- 4.1.1 Mass fractions and mole fractions -- 4.1.2 Ideal gas mixtures -- 4.1.3 Properties of gas mixtures -- 4.2 Conservation of species -- 4.3 Species source terms in solid oxide fuel cells -- 4.3.1 Chemical reactions -- 4.3.2 Electrochemical reactions -- 4.3.2.1 Electrochemical reaction rate
4.3.3 Some applicable boundary conditions for solid oxide fuel cells -- 4.3.3.1 Inflow boundary conditions -- 4.3.3.2 Outflow boundary condition -- 4.3.3.3 Insulation boundary conditions -- 4.3.3.4 Electrical potential boundary condition -- 4.3.3.5 Axial symmetry boundary condition -- 4.3.3.6 Continuity boundary condition -- References -- Further reading -- 5 Fundamental of heat transfer -- 5.1 Different modes of heat transfer -- 5.1.1 Conduction heat transfer -- 5.1.2 Convection heat transfer -- 5.1.3 Radiation heat transfer -- 5.1.3.1 Schuster-Schwartzchild two-flux approximation
