Battery, Fuel Cell and Electrolyzer Design
Winter term
Taught by Juan Manuel Paz García
In this course, we will study battery modeling in the first part, while fuel cells and electrolyzers are discussed in the second part. We start with an introduction to battery modeling and a description of the different battery types and operating principles, along with the presentation of homogeneous and heterogeneous modeling levels. We then use and detail the physics interfaces and tools required to model lithium-ion, lead-acid, alkaline, generic and flow batteries, while illustrating each battery type with practical examples.
Subsequently, in the second part, we provide an introduction to fuel cell and electrolyzer modeling. We describe the different existing types and their operating principles. Then, we use and detail the physicsl interfaces of the Hydrogen Fuel Cell and the Water Electrolyzer, with all the necessary tools to model these types of systems, illustrating each type of fuel cell or electrolyzer with practical examples generated step by step.
- Batteries
- Introduction to battery modeling.
- Battery types and operating principles.
- Homogeneous and heterogeneous modeling.
- Lithium-ion batteries. Solid electrolyte interface.
- Lead-acid batteries.
- Alkaline batteries.
- Generic batteries.
- Flow batteries.
- Fuel Cells & Electrolyzers
- Introduction to fuel cell and electrolyzer modeling.
- Fuel cell and electrolyzer types and operating principles.
- Hydrogen Fuel Cell physics interface.
- Water Electrolyzer physics interface.
- Introduction to fuel cell and electrolyzer modeling.
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