TY - JOUR
T1 - Energy and exergy analysis of fuel cells
T2 - A review
AU - Arshad, Adeel
AU - Ali, Hafiz Muhammad
AU - Habib, Arslan
AU - Bashir, Muhammad Anser
AU - Jabbal, Mark
AU - Yan, Yuying
N1 - Funding Information:
ALM gratefully acknowledges the support by BBSRC ( BB/L022915/1 and BB/NO10051/1 ).
PY - 2019/3/1
Y1 - 2019/3/1
N2 - In this paper, the fundamental overview of theoretical and practical aspects of thermodynamics analysis for mainly used fuel cells (FCs) are presented. The FC converts the chemical energy of fuel (normally hydrogen) directly into electrical energy resulting heat and liquid water as a waste products. In first part, governing equation of mass, energy, entropy and exergy are presented according to first law of thermodynamics (FLT) and second law of thermodynamics (SLT), more specifically energy and exergy analysis are covered for fuel cell system. Basic criteria of energy and exergy analysis of flowing and non-flowing system, energy and exergy efficiencies, analysis procedure and models of reference environment are discussed in detail. In the second part, electrochemical reactions and thermodynamics modeling of proton exchange membrane or polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC), solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC), and molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC) are presented.
AB - In this paper, the fundamental overview of theoretical and practical aspects of thermodynamics analysis for mainly used fuel cells (FCs) are presented. The FC converts the chemical energy of fuel (normally hydrogen) directly into electrical energy resulting heat and liquid water as a waste products. In first part, governing equation of mass, energy, entropy and exergy are presented according to first law of thermodynamics (FLT) and second law of thermodynamics (SLT), more specifically energy and exergy analysis are covered for fuel cell system. Basic criteria of energy and exergy analysis of flowing and non-flowing system, energy and exergy efficiencies, analysis procedure and models of reference environment are discussed in detail. In the second part, electrochemical reactions and thermodynamics modeling of proton exchange membrane or polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC), solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC), and molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC) are presented.
KW - Electrochemical
KW - Energy
KW - Exergy
KW - First law of thermodynamics (FLT)
KW - Fuel cell
KW - MCFC
KW - PEMFC
KW - Second law of thermodynamics (SLT)
KW - SOFC
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85059737843&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.tsep.2018.12.008
DO - 10.1016/j.tsep.2018.12.008
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85059737843
SN - 2451-9049
VL - 9
SP - 308
EP - 321
JO - Thermal Science and Engineering Progress
JF - Thermal Science and Engineering Progress
ER -
