PEM Fuel Cells in Transport Applications

PEM Fuel Cells in Transport Applications: Major Challenges and Latest Improvements presents a comprehensive analysis of the challenges and solutions to the application of PEM fuel cells as a potential replacement for internal combustion engines. It identifies the challenges across all aspects of PEMFC and provides solutions to these problems based on the latest theoretical and experimental advances in research and industry.

The first chapter of the book reviews fuel cell mechanisms, types, applications, and current status, and identifies the most significant challenges in the commercialization of PEM fuel cells, including insufficient performance and low volumetric power density, thermal management, water management, cold start, low durability, automotive degradation, hydrogen production, storage, transportation, and infrastructure, fuel cell cost, and life cycle cost of vehicular PEM fuel cell. Car, bus, train, and airplane applications are considered. The subsequent chapters address these challenges, identifying specific solutions and the improvements that can be made. The book also provides an in-depth analysis of mass production and discusses the progress made by researchers and manufacturers, both theoretical and experimental. Finally, the potential of high temperature fuel cells (SOFC and HT-PEMFC) are considered, including the application in transport, their advantages, challenges, life-cycle cost, and future potential.

A comprehensive analysis of the current challenges and potential solutions to commercialization, PEM Fuel Cells in Transport Applications: Major Challenges and Latest Improvements is an invaluable and comprehensive reference for students, researchers, and industry engineers and professionals involved in all aspects of fuel cells development. It will be of particular interest to those working on commercialization for PEMFCs.

• Presents existing challenges of PEM fuel cells in transport applications (including passenger cars, buses, trains, and airplanes) and analyses what is needed to achieve commercialization
• Reviews the state-of-the-art progress in performance and volumetric power density, thermal management techniques, water management techniques, cold start, chemical degradations of PEM fuel cell, hydrogen generation storage and transportation, cost of components, and life cycle cost of vehicular PEM fuel cell
• Forecasts the cost of hydrogen generation and life cycle cost of PEM fuel cells in the future through different scenarios
• Analyses the potential, progress, and outlook of high-temperature fuel cells (SOFC and HT-PEMFC) in transportation applications