AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

To supply a basic and applied electrochemical culture, indispensable to describe the behaviour of the electrochemical cells used for energy production (batteries, fuel cells) and environmental protection (electrolysis cells).

LEARNING OUTCOMES (FURTHER INFO)

The teaching module aims to provide the student engineer a culture based on electrochemistry and / or applied to industrial processes. At the end of the course the student should be able to analyze the kinetics of an electrochemical reaction and to carry out a preliminary design of an electrochemical reactor operating in galvanostatic or potentiostatic regime.

TEACHING METHODS

The course is based on theoretical lectures and laboratory experiments.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Electrochemical reactions

Electrochemical cell component

The rate of the electrochemical reactions

Transport processes

Electrochemical reactors and their performance

Electrochemical reactor design 

Applications of the electrochemical technology

Laboratory experiments: cyclic voltammetries, rotating electrode, fuel cell, electrochemical oxidation of organic compounds

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Lecture notes

F. Walsh: A first course in Electrochemical Engineering. ECC edition

D. Pletcher: A first course in electrode Process, ECC editions

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

ANTONIO BARBUCCI (President)

MARCO PANIZZA (President)

MARIA PAOLA CARPANESE

GIACOMO CERISOLA

MARINA DELUCCHI

LESSONS

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The exam includes a written test and an oral exam. 

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The exam includes a written test and an oral exam. The written exam consists of performance evaluation or sizing of an electrochemical system. During the oral exam the student will have to answer questions regarding the components of the electrochemical cells, the electrode kinetics and transport phenomena and industrial applications of batteries, fuel cells or electrolysis cells. Reports on experiences carried out in the laboratory will be evaluated and discussed during the oral exams.

Exam schedule