Boaro M., Aricò A.S. (Eds.) Advances in Medium and High Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technology

CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, Springer, 2017. — 347 p. — (CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences. Volume 574) — ISBN: 978-3-319-46145-8Modern societies are starving of energy to support their activities and growth. Today, the energy consumption of a country represents a reliable measure of its wealth and of its industrial development. The most industrialized countries consume about 20 MWh per capita per year while the world average energy consumption is only of 2.4 MWh/year. Today, 81 % of energy production comes from the exploitation and transformation of fossil fuels. These evidences suggest that we
need to rethink both the way how energy is produced and its conversion into electricity with the aim to achieve a sustainable and balanced development for every nation. Valorization of renewable resources and distributed energy generation are very appropriate strategies to strike a balance between the growing energy demand and the need to reduce the environmental impact on human activities.
This requires the development of green technologies for the production of energy and for a rational and more efficient use of resources. Fuel cells, which convert chemical energy directly to electricity, offer higher efficiencies and significantly lower emissions than conventional technologies. The modular configuration of fuel cells makes these devices suitable for a wide range of potential applications, including combined heat and power (CHP) production, distributed power generation and transport, which reduces reliance on imports of primary energy carriers and encourages local productivity.Introduction to Fuel Cell Basics
Testing of Electrodes, Cells, and Short Stacks
Proton-Conducting Electrolytes for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Applications
Interconnects for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Catalysts and Processes in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Energy System Analysis of SOFC Systems
DOE Methodologies for Analysis of Large SOFC Systems
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Modeling