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Usually ships in 1 business days | | Only 5 left in stock, order soon! | | | | | | Acquire an All-in-One Toolkit for Expertly Designing, Modeling, and Constructing High-Performance Fuel Cells Designing and Building Fuel Cells equips you with a hands-on guide for the design, modeling, and construction of fuel cells that perform as well or better than some of the best fuel cells on the market today. Filled with over 120 illustrations and schematics of fuel cells and components, this “one-stop” guide covers fuel cell applications…fuels and the hydrogen economy…fuel cell chemistry, thermodynamics, and electrochemistry…fuel cell modeling, materials, and system design…fuel types, delivery, and processing…fuel cell operating conditions…fuel cell characterization…and much more. Authoritative and practical, Designing and Building Fuel Cells features: - Complete information on stack design
- The latest fuel cell modeling techniques
- Guidance on cutting-edge materials and components
- Expert accounts of fuel cell types, processing, and optimization
- A step-by-step example for constructing a fuel cell
Inside This State-of-the-Art Fuel Cell Sourcebook Introduction • Fuel Cell Applications • Fuel Cells and the Hydrogen Economy • Basic Fuel Cell Chemistry and Thermodynamics • Fuel Cell Electrochemistry • Fuel Cell Charge Transport • Fuel Cell Mass Transport • Fuel Cell Heat Transport • Fuel Cell Modeling • Fuel Cell Materials • Fuel Cell Stack Components and Materials • Fuel Cell Stack Design • Fuel Cell System Design • Fuel Types, Delivery, and Processing • Fuel Cell Operating Conditions • Fuel Cell Characterization | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Colleen Spiegel | | Hardcover: | 434 pages | | Publisher: | McGraw-Hill Professional | | Publication Date: | May 25, 2007 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0071489770 | | Product Length: | 9.1 inches | | Product Width: | 6.1 inches | | Product Height: | 1.3 inches | | Product Weight: | 1.65 pounds | | Package Length: | 9.1 inches | | Package Width: | 6.2 inches | | Package Height: | 1.3 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.6 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 8 reviews |
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13 of 13 found the following review helpful:
 BEST AVAILABLE TEXT ON FUEL CELLS Jun 20, 2007
By Phillip Hurley
I have been designing, building, and writing about fuel cells for a number of years. During this time I have not seen one text that is as comprehensive and at the same time contain the wealth of detail as "Designing And Building Fuel Cells". This book will easily satisfy the needs of Engineers, Teachers, and Students. This book is easy to read, practical and I believe one of the best available texts on fuel cells and fuel cell systems.
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
Excellent Addition for any Engineer or Student's Library Jul 20, 2007
By Jeremy Steinshnider
In a field where only a limited number of books are available on the subject, it is refreshing when such a well written, compressive volume is released. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. The author has skillfully combined an easy to understand description of fuel cell technology with enough meat (equations) to keep an engineer satisfied. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in fuel cells.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Heavy on theory, light on application Jun 06, 2009
By Stephen J. Carey
"GearHead"
The opening chapters to this book are an excellent introduction to fuels cells and their application. I especially like Dr. Spiegel's enthusiasm for the potential of the fuel cell industry. Later chapters explain the thermodynamic and chemical principles behind fuel cell design. If you do not have knowledge of advanced calculus and its application (like me), you will not understand some of the explanations.
I found it somewhat lacking in practical detail around the actual construction of a fuel cell. My background is in manufacturing engineering. I need to know such things as how many layers at how many square inches are needed to achieve this voltage and current output. It was difficult for me to distill this information from the text. I bought the book for the purpose of constructing a fuel cell (out in the garage! - as my wife says), but didn't feel I came away with this knowledge.
Dr. Spiegel is clearly an authority in the field of fuel cells. Don't be put off by the advanced math. The book is an informative and engaging read. I am looking forward to her new book, "The Brilliant Mind: Fuel Cell Experiments for a Bright Future", to provide me with more applied knowledge of fuel cells. In the meantime, there is a wealth of information on the Internet about fuel cells and their construction (Google: Phillip Hurley).
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Designing & Building Fuel Cells Mar 25, 2008
By John R. Tenopir
I have been looking for a book like this for some time. The math and physics are at the college level, but I figure I need to learn something new. This could be worth working on. Now to find the materials and get to building. Who knows, I might be able to convert my car, build a new airplane, or even a classy cabin cruiser. Great book.
9 of 12 found the following review helpful:
 Good Text Jul 08, 2008
By Leon Caruthers
On the whole, this is an excellent text, but I was a bit put off some of the opening discussion. The chapter on the "Hydrogen Economy" -- while well-written -- really didn't belong in the front of this book. It feels like an opinion piece, and the discussion questions at the end of that chapter felt biased. The first few paragraphs of the book aren't about fuel cells, they're about pollution, fossil fuel use, and global warming. While these are important topics worthy of discussion, they aren't fuel cells. The same print space could have told me something about nomenclature (What's a PEM cell? You'll have to flip ahead to chapter 3 to find out).
If I'm reading this book, I get that fuel cells are an important part of our technological future. What I wanted was an unbiased exploration and explanation of the technology. I got that, mostly, but I also got the author's opinion on government regulations (the author is clearly for them, and appears to feel that they are the best -- possibly only -- way to create the Hydrogen Economy) and was told that Carbon Dioxide is a pollutant directly responsible for global warming. Reasonable people can and have disagreed with both of these assertions, and I could and have read both sides of these arguments elsewhere. I didn't need them here.
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