Stationary Fuel Cells ... An Overview - Kerry-Ann Adamson - ( Elsevier - 2007 - pp.131 ).pdf

Acknowledgements
I would like to publicly thank all panies anisations con-
tacted during the writing of this book that have provided images, hints or
information.
Thank you to:
Ballard
BP
Ceramic Fuel Cells
Ceres Power
FuelCell Energy
H2PIA
Honda
Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells
Rolls Royce Fuel Cell
SFC SMART Fuel Cell
The International Energy Agency
The Smithsonian Institution
UK Department of Trade and Industry
US Department of Defense
UTC Fuel Cells
I would also like to thank Gemma Crawley, of Fuel Cell Today, for allowing
me to use her work at will, Dr. Mike Hugh, Dr. Ben Todd and Dr. Jonathan
Butler also of Fuel Cell Today for helping, editing and providing total
support (and the odd PhD thesis to read!). I would also like to thank
Dr. Peter Pearson, Imperial College, London, and Professor Erdmann,
TU Berlin, for still being mentors and mum, dad and my amazing sister
Wendy.
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List of figures
Figure Fuel cell market to date by numbers 3
Figure Stationary fuel cell market to date by region and
number of units installed 4
Figure Stationary fuel cell market to date by megawatt installed 4
Figure Schematic of a proton-exchange membrane (PEM)
fuel cell 8
Figure Schematic of a fuel cell stack 8
Figure Electricity generator fuel cell system 9
Figure General Electric electrolyte in the 1960s 10
Figure Typical proton-exchange membrane (PEM)
membrane electrode assembly (MEA) 10
Figure Historical alkaline fuel cell (AFC) market development 12
Figure 1996-2006 direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC)
development by application 14
Figure Artist's schematic of a fuel cell energy molten
carbonate fuel cell (MCFC) power plant 15
Figure 1996-2006 molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC)
development by application 16
Figure Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC)- schematic 17
Figure Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) units by application to date 18
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