Teacher: Gioele Dimarcoberardino

Program: Fuel cells are emerging and innovative solutions for power generation. Thanks to their high efficiency and their modularity, these electrochemical devices can be adopted in several fields: small applications such as portable devices, medium size with electric and thermal power production for transportation or residential applications, electric generation in innovative large power plants. Although the commercial success of this technology, researchers are facing different open issues related to physical and mechanical aspects.

Starting from the description of the different types of fuel cells, the course covers: 

• Definition of the basic principles and the main operating parameters

• Fuel cell system modelling and applications: plant layout, energy balance, efficiency and some practical examples

Durata (ore):  8

Lingua:  Italian/English