Fuel cell & Hydrogen Energy
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Fuel cell & Hydrogen Energy Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Fuel cell & Hydrogen Energy (subject code 4356403) as prescribed for RE · Semester 5 divides the course into 4 units, covering 37 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 (4356403)Unit 1 Introduction to Fuel cell Technology Principle, working, fuel cell components, materials, properties and processes
- gas diffusion layer
- bi-polar plates
- Types of fuel cells
- AFC, PAFC
- PEMFC – relative merits and demerits
- Performance evaluation of fuel cell
- comparison of battery Vs fuel cell Relation of the fuel consumption versus current output
- Low and high temperature fuel cells
- Fuel cell thermodynamics - heat
- work potentials
- prediction of reversible voltage Fuel cell operating conditions: pressure
- flow rates
Unit 2 Fuel Cell Reactions, processes and Performance
- Thermodynamics and kinetics of fuel cell process Fuel cell reaction kinetics - electrode kinetics
- activation kinetics Overvoltage
- Tafel equation
- Nernst equation
- charge transfer reaction
- exchange currents Electrocatalysis – design Fuel cell characterization: In-situ and Ex-situ
- System and components characterization Fuel cell charge and mass transport - flow field
- transport in electrode and electrolyte Different types of fuel cells and applications
Unit 3 Introduction to hydrogen energy technology
- Properties of hydrogen as fuel Hydrogen Economy Various hydrogen production methods Types of electrolyzer- proton-exchange membrane
- solid oxide
- Open circuit voltage
- efficiency, and losses
Unit 4 Hydrogen energy storage transport safety and applications
- Hydrogen separation and purification
- Thermochemical cycles for hydrogen production
- Fundamentals for electrolysis of water Components of electrolytic cell
- configuration of electrolyzer stack
- Different electrolyzer technologies
- Photoelectrochemical hydrogen production
- technical and economic comparison of different production methods and global status
- Cost analysis hydrogen from fossil fuels
- electrolysis of water
- thermo chemical cycles Program Name: Engineering Level: Diploma Branch: Renewable Energy Course / Subject Code : 4356403 Course / Subject Name : Fuel cell and Hydrogen Energy w.e.f. 2024-25 http://syllabus.gtu.ac.in/ Page no. 1 of 2 Transmission and infrastructure requirements
- safety and environmental impacts
- economics of transition to hydrogen systems
- Competency Standards for Emerging Hydrogen Related Activities
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