Hydrogen Energy
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The official GTU curriculum for Hydrogen Energy (subject code ME02075021) as prescribed for EE · Semester 2 divides the course into 5 units, covering 38 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (ME02075021)Unit 1 Hydrogen as a fuel
- physical and chemical properties of hydrogen
- properties of hydrogen as a fuel (likes Energy content
- Flash point
- Auto ignition temperature
- Octane number
- Ignition energy
- Burning speed
- Quenching gap, Flame characteristics)
- Comparisons of hydrogen as fuel with others fuels
Unit 2 Hydrogen Production Processes
- Natural gas reforming
- Coal gasification
- Thermochemical water splitting
- Solar thermochemical hydrogen (STCH)
- Photo electrochemical (PEC)
- Photo biological
- Biomass gasification
- Biomass-derived liquid reforming
- Microbial biomass conversion
- Electrolysis via different kind of electrolyzers like Alkaline electrolyzers
- Solid oxide electrolyzer
- Polymer electrolyte membrane
Unit 3 Hydrogen Storage
- General storage methods
- Compressed storage- composite cylinders
- Glass micro sphere storage
- Metal hydride storage
- Chemical hydride storage and cryogenic storage
- Carbon based materials for hydrogen storage
Unit 4 Applications of Hydrogen
- thermodynamics and kinetics of fuel cell process
- Performance evaluation of fuel cell
- comparison between battery and fuel cell
- types of fuel cells – AFC, PAFC
- Microbial fuel cells
- Relative merits and demerits
- Fuel cell usage for domestic power systems
- future trends in fuel cells
Unit 5 Hydrogen safety
- Hydrogen powered vehicles
- Hydrogen safety aspects
- Hydrogen emission NOx control techniques and strategies