Hydrogen, Batteries and Fuel Cells

Bengt Sundén received M. Sc. in Mechanical Engineering 1973, Ph. D. and Docent in Applied Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics 1979 and 1980, respectively, from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. He is a Professor of Heat Transfer at Lund University, Sweden since 1992 and served as Head of Energy Sciences during 1995-2016. The research activities include compact heat exchangers, enhanced heat transfer, gas turbine heat transfer, combustion-related heat transfer and others. He established and was editor-in-chief of International Journal of Heat Exchangers 1999-2008, associate editor of ASME J. Heat Transfer 2005-2008, editor-in-chief of Developments in Heat Transfer (WIT Press, UK). He published >700 papers in >300 journals, books, and proceedings, edited 30 books and authored three textbooks. He supervised more than 180 M Sc theses, 46 Licentiate of Engineering theses, 44 PhD-theses.

• 1. General Introduction2. Description of methods for production and storage of hydrogen especially based on renewable energy like solar and wind power3. Introduction/repetition of thermodynamics4. Introduction to electrochemistry5. Introduction to porous media6. Explanation of the principles of various fuel cells including electrolyzers but main focus on PEMFC and SOFC7. Material properties, transport properties for fuel cells8. Electrochemical kinetics, heat and mass transfer, charge and water transport in fuel cells9. The basic governing equations for all transport phenomena and methods for modeling, especially thermal management of batteries and fuel cells10. Setting up models for estimation of performance of electrochemical devices11. Engineering aspects of fuel cells in vehicles