Mech 449-Fuel Cell Technology

Charting feasible pathways to sustainable energy

Mech 449 Outline

Lectures

Monday & Thursday, 10:00-11:20, Room: HHB 116

Week	Lecture Notes	Assignments & Reading	Supplementary Material and Links of Interest
1. Jan. 6	Lecture 1	§ Text (Mench): Ch. 1	§ Salmon GHG Life Cycle Analysis § Fuel Cell Handbook
2. Jan. 10	Lecture 2 Lecture 3	§ Text: 3.1-3.4 (Review)	§ Brief History § Personal H2-FC Station ?... § H2i
3. Jan. 17	Lecture 4 Lecture 5	§ Assignment 1; Solutions § Text: 3.6-3.8 § Fuel Cell Handbook: Chapter 2	§ Fuel Cells 2000 § Class example: Gibbs calc. spreadsheet
4. Jan. 24	Lecture 6 Lecture 7	§ Text: Chapter 4 § Prep for Lecture 8: Text: 5.1-5.3 (pages191-233)	§ Green ship § Hydrogenics
5. Jan. 31	Lecture 8 Lecture 9	§ Assignment 2: Solutions	§ PEMFC Electrodes § Water in PEMFCs: Friend or Foe?
6. Feb. 7	Lecture 10 Lecture 11	§ Text: Section 5.3-5.5 § Text Sections 6.1-6.2	§ PEMFC Flowfield Design
7. Feb. 14	Lecture 12 Module I Exam	§ Text Sections 6.3
8. Feb. 21	Reading Break
9. Feb. 28	Lecture 13 Lecture 14	§ See papers with Lab assignment § Text 6.4 § Micro Fuel Cells Review Paper	§ Angstrom Power § PowerTrekk Portable FC
10. Mar. 7	Lecture 15 Lecture 16	§ Assignment 3: Solutions § Text 7.1 § Fuel Cell Handbook, Ch. 7
11. Mar. 14	Lecture 17 Module II Exam	§ Text 5.1.2
12. Mar. 21	Lecture 18 Lecture 19	§ Text 8.2 § Assignment 4: Due March 31
13. Mar. 28	Lecture 20

Lab Assignment

Paper 1

Paper 2

Paper 3

“The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones, and the oil age will not end because we run out of oil.”

Attributed to Don Huberts, CEO of Shell Hydrogen

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