Some reaction engineering challenges in fuel cells

Dynamics integration, renewable fuels, enzymes

verfasst von

K. Sundmacher, R. Hanke-Rauschenbach, P. Heidebrecht, L. Rihko-Struckmann, T. Vidaković-Koch

Abstract

Fuel cells convert chemically stored energy directly into electrical energy at high thermodynamic efficiencies. But, despite significant progress in research and development during the last two decades, further improvement of performance and reduction of costs are required in order to translate fuel cell technologies into commercial products. The present mini-review sheds some light on four particular fields of fuel cell research where chemical reaction engineers can bring in their expertise: (1) understanding the nonlinear dynamic behavior of fuel cells as electrochemical reactors, (2) development of new concepts for efficient mass and heat integration of fuel cell systems, (3) use of biomass as renewable primary energy source for feeding fuel cells, (4) use of enzymes for catalyzing the electrode reactions in fuel cells.

Externe Organisation(en)

Max-Planck-Institut für Dynamik komplexer technischer Systeme
Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg

Typ

Übersichtsarbeit

Journal

Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering

Band

1

Seiten

328-335

Anzahl der Seiten

8

ISSN

2211-3398

Publikationsdatum

08.2012

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Allgemeine Energie

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 7 – Erschwingliche und saubere Energie

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coche.2012.02.003 (Zugang: Unbekannt)