B.E. (Chemical Engineering) Fuel Cell Electrochemical Engineering Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
The University has moved this degree onto NEP 2020 one year at a time. The first and second years are NEP 2020 syllabi; the third and fourth years are still examined on the REV-2019 'C' Scheme, which is what the University sets for them this year.
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Syllabus for Fuel Cell Electrochemical Engineering
Module 1: Introduction to Electrochemistry- redox reactions, Revision of concepts of printed in the syllabus as Module Course Contents
- electrochemical cells, Spontaneity of Redox Reaction, Cell Emf Dependency on Changes in Concentration, Nerst equation, Concentration Cells, corrosion, electrodialysis, Quantitative Electrolysis and Faraday’s Laws. Introduction to Electrochemical Engineering- Scope and Applications, Basic Elements of Electrochemistry- Electric charge, electric current, cathod, anode, chemical kinetics.
Module 2: Fuel cell fundamentals- Scheme of a proton-conducting fuel cell, Types of printed in the syllabus as Module Course Contents
Module 3: Fuel Cell Thermodynamics- Heat and work potential of a fuel, Relationship printed in the syllabus as Module Course Contents
- between Gibbs Free Energy and Electrical Work, Relationship between Gibbs Free Energy and Reaction Spontaneity, Relationship between Gibbs Free Energy and Voltage, Standard Electrode Potentials: Computing Reversible Voltages, fuel cell efficiency.
Module 4: Fuel Cell Reaction Kinetics- introduction to electrode kinetics, activation printed in the syllabus as Module Course Contents
- energy and reaction rate, calculating net rate of a reaction, rate of reaction at equilibrium: exchange current density, potential of a reaction at equilibrium: Galvani potential, potential and rate: Butler–Volmer equation, exchange currents and electrocatalysis: how to improve kinetic performance, simplified activation kinetics: tafel equation.
Module 5: Fuel Cell Charge Transport- charge transport and a voltage loss, printed in the syllabus as Module Course Contents
- characteristics of fuel cell charge transport resistance, physical meaning of conductivity, fuel cell electrolyte classes.
Module 6: Fuel Cell Mass Transport- transport in electrode versus flow structure, printed in the syllabus as Module Course Contents
- transport in electrode: diffusive transport, transport in flow structures: convective transport. Course Outcome
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.E. (Chemical Engineering) under R-2019 'C' Scheme, in force from the academic year 2022-23. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Modules are numbered in sequence here; in the syllabus itself, Module 1 is printed as Module Course Contents; Module 2 is printed as Module Course Contents; Module 3 is printed as Module Course Contents; Module 4 is printed as Module Course Contents; Module 5 is printed as Module Course Contents; Module 6 is printed as Module Course Contents. The PDF above is the syllabus's own page, unaltered.
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