This book offers a detailed evaluation of fuel cell technologies with each chapter considering the importance of chemical reactions, material specifications, and performance metrics including the practical adaptations of these technologies backed by real-world case studies.
This book provides a comprehensive technical analysis of fuel cell technologies, focusing on chemical reactions, material specifications, and performance metrics. It examines practical adaptations through real-world case studies, showcasing successful implementations across various industries, highlighting efficiency gains and emission reductions. It also looks at advances in fuel cell materials and configurations, spotlighting catalysts, electrolytes, and electrodes developed.
Features:
- Describes different types and sources of fuel cells from a sustainability perspective.
- Includes case studies in real-world applications.
- Provides comprehensive applications of fuel cells in energy production for a sustainable environment.
- Discusses environmental and life cycle assessment.
- Presents emerging innovations in fuel cells production and assessment.
This book is aimed at graduate students and researchers in chemical engineering, renewable energy, and clean technologies.
Chapter
1. Overview of fuel Cell sustainability.
Chapter
2.
Environmental Impact of Traditional Energy Sources.
Chapter
3. Materials and
Catalysts Development for Industrial-Scale Fuel Cells.
Chapter
4. Hydrogen
production and its environmental implications.
Chapter
5. Integration of Fuel
Cells with Renewable Energy Sources.
Chapter
6. Current Innovations in
Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs).
Chapter
7. Bioremediation Using Mfcs For
Cleaning Contaminated Environments.
Chapter
8. Fuel Cells In Remote Sensing
And Monitoring.
Chapter
9. Fuel Cell In Waterwaste Treatment.
Chapter
10.
Emerging And Specialized Fuel Cells.
Chapter
11. Fuel Cells In Climate Change
Mitigations.
Chapter
12. Surface Heat Enhancement Modification
Characteristics on Fuel Cell Environmental Sustainability.
Chapter
13. Health
and Safety Considerations in Fuel Cell Environmental Sustainability.
Chapter
14. Fuel Cell In Sustainable Agriculture.
Chapter
15. Policy And Economic
Considerations of Fuel Cells.
Chapter
16. Challenges And Future Directions of
Fuel Cells
Babafemi Raphael Babaniyi is a distinguished researcher and academic in Environmental Chemistry. He earned a B.Sc. in Industrial Chemistry from Caritas University, Enugu (2008), and an M.Tech. in Environmental Chemistry from the Federal University of Technology, Akure (2021), where he is currently pursuing a Ph.D. His work spans Environmental and Green Chemistry, Phytoremediation, Chemical Biology, Bioremediation, Environmental Impact Assessment, and Biodegradable Plastics.
Sesan Abiodun Aransiola holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Microbiology from the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria, where he also earned his B.Tech and M.Tech degrees in 2009 and 2014, respectively. He is currently a Lecturer in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Abuja, Nigeria. Dr. Aransiolas research focuses on innovative approaches to soil and water remediation, particularly through vermicomposting (vermitechnology), phytoremediation, and microbial biotechnology.
Naga Raju Maddela is a Full Professor of Microbiology at the Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Portoviejo, Ecuador. He earned his M.Sc. (19961998) and Ph.D. (2012) in Microbiology from Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapuramu, India, with doctoral research focused on the impact of industrial effluents and insecticides on soil microorganisms.
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