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Interfacial Process Engineering and Fuel Cell Technology

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
Interfacial Process Engineering and Fuel Cell Technology
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
Mechanical and Process Engineering, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2019
Module code: MAB_19_4.2.1.34
SAP-Submodule-No.:
The exam administration creates a SAP-Submodule-No for every exam type in every module. The SAP-Submodule-No is equal for the same module in different study programs.
P241-0404
Hours per semester week / Teaching method:
The count of hours per week is a combination of lecture (V for German Vorlesung), exercise (U for Übung), practice (P) oder project (PA). For example a course of the form 2V+2U has 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of exercise per week.
2SU (2 hours per week)
ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
3
Semester: 4
Mandatory course: no
Language of instruction:
German
Assessment:
 
Presentation


[updated 26.01.2023]
Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

MAB_19_4.2.1.34 (P241-0404) Mechanical and Process Engineering, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2019 , semester 4, optional course
Workload:
Workload of student for successfully completing the course. Each ECTS credit represents 30 working hours. These are the combined effort of face-to-face time, post-processing the subject of the lecture, exercises and preparation for the exam.

The total workload is distributed on the semester (01.04.-30.09. during the summer term, 01.10.-31.03. during the winter term).
30 class hours (= 22.5 clock hours) over a 15-week period.
The total student study time is 90 hours (equivalent to 3 ECTS credits).
There are therefore 67.5 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
None.
Recommended as prerequisite for:
Module coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Matthias Faust
Lecturer:
Prof. Dr. Matthias Faust


[updated 13.02.2023]
Learning outcomes:
After successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Describe applications of interfacial engineering and nanostructured materials.
- Understand the special mechanical, chemical, magnetic and biological properties of nanomaterials.
- Explain and evaluate physicochemical relationships at interfaces.
- Name the most important manufacturing processes and synthesis routes for surface active materials.     
- Describe characterization methods for nanomaterials and surfactants.
- Describe the design and operation of the main types of fuel cells.
- Explain electrochemistry and the thermodynamics of fuel cells.
- Calculate and interpret fuel cell performance data.
- Describe areas of application for fuel cells.


[updated 26.01.2023]
Module content:
-        Fields of application for interfacial process engineering and nanomaterials in the chemical/pharmaceutical industry, medical technology and environmental engineering
-        Interface-dominated processes, such as heterogeneous catalysis, adsorption, and fuel cell technology.
-        Nanomaterials manufacturing processes
-        Determining particle size distributions of nanoparticles.
-        Characterization methods for nanomaterials and nanoparticles
-        Structure-function relationships in nanostructured materials.
-        Hydrogen economy (processes for generation and storage)
-        History of fuel cell technology
-        Description of the design and operation of the main types of fuel cells.
-        Thermodynamics, electrochemistry and mass transfer in polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells.
-        Fuel cell catalysts and membranes
-        Performance parameters of PEM fuel cells
-        Important parameters influencing the operation of PEM fuel cells
-        Scale up of fuel cells
-        Practical examples
-        Experiment


[updated 26.01.2023]
Teaching methods/Media:
Lecture with exercises. presentation and small experiment

[updated 26.01.2023]
Recommended or required reading:
Frano Barbir, PEM Fuel Cells, Elsevier, 2005.
Horst-Günther Rubahn, Nanophysik und Nanotechnologie, Springer 2004.


[updated 26.01.2023]
 
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