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5 - Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Production

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2022

By
Thomas Fuller
Edited by
Jacqueline O'Connor ,
Bobby Noble  and
Tim Lieuwen
Jacqueline O'Connor
Affiliation:
Pennsylvania State University
Bobby Noble
Affiliation:
Electric Power Research Institute
Tim Lieuwen
Affiliation:
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Summary

Hydrogen will play an increasingly important role in the push toward greater use of renewable energy and the reduction in carbon emissions from the transportation sector, electrical energy generation and transmission, and the production of commodity chemicals, such as ammonia and polyolefins. In this chapter, the operating principles of fuel cells and electrolyzers are detailed. The main function of these devices is the interconversion of electrical and chemical energy.

Keywords

hydrogenelectrolysisPEMSsolid-oxidefuel cellalkalinephosphoric acidmolten carbonate
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Renewable Fuels
Sources, Conversion, and Utilization
 , pp. 161 - 192
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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