RNEW-1500 - Principles of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology

Course Description:

This 4-credit course offered at Macomb Community College analyzes and evaluates hydrogen fuel cell technology. Topics include hydrogen safety, storage, production, codes, regulations, and standards associated with hydrogen. This course also discusses the history of fuel cells, current applications, future use, fuel cell structures, operations, and classifications.

Course Contents:

Included educational materials for this course are the first day handout, syllabus, weekly lesson plans, homework, PowerPoint presentations with instructor notes, and sample exams. Solutions are not provided with any materials. This course is composed of sixteen modules that can be used to supplement existing courses or can be taught together as a complete course. Module subjects include the following: (1) hydrogen safety, (2) hydrogen production, (3) hydrogen storage, (4) hydrogen comparison to conventional fuels, (5) hydrogen state codes, standards, and regulations, (6) hydrogen national codes, standards, and regulations, (7) hydrogen international codes, standards, and regulations, (8) review and midterm, (9) fuel cell relevance and definition, (10) fuel cell operation, (11) electrical components and ratings for fuel cells, (12) history of fuel cells, (13) state and national government initiatives, (14) fuel cell types, (15) fuel cell applications, and (16) review and final exam.

The 2-page syllabus includes a short description of the course, course outcomes and their associated objectives, course assessments, and a course content outline.

Below is a list of files contained within the zip attachment. Files are .doc, .docx and .ppt.The size of each file is included in parenthesis.

RENEW 1500 (85 files, 38.6 MB)

Instructor Support

• Macomb Principles of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology (First_Day_Handout_W10.doc 167 KB)
• Course Syllabus (RNEW 1500.doc 64 KB)
• Weekly Instructional Strategies
  • Module 1 (Week 1.docx 12KB)
  • Module 2 (Week 2.docx 13 KB)
  • Module 3 (Week 3.docx 12 KB)
  • Module 4 (Week 4.docx 12 KB)
  • Module 5 (Week 5.docx 12 KB)
  • Module 6 (Week 6.docx 12 KB)
  • Module 7 (Week 7.docx 12 KB)
  • Module 8 (Week 8.docx 12 KB)
  • Module 9 (Week 9.docx 12 KB)
  • Module 10 (Week 10.docx 12 KB)
  • Module 11 (Week 11.docx 12 KB)
  • Module 12 (Week 12.docx 12 KB)
  • Module 13 (Week 13.docx 13 KB)
  • Module 14 (Week 14.docx 13 KB)
  • Module 15 (Week 15.docx 13 KB)
  • Module 16 (Week 16.docx 12 KB)

Assignments-Quizzes-Exams

• Exams
  • Exam 1 (Exam_1 Sample.doc 32 KB)
  • Exam 2 (Exam_2 Sample.doc 37 KB)
  • Exam 3 (Exam_3 Sample.doc 36 KB)
  • Exam 4 (Exam_4 Sample.doc 37 KB)
• Homework
  • Homework 1 Scoring Guide (hw1.doc 40 KB)
  • Homework 2 Scoring Guide (hw2.doc 44 KB)
  • Homework 3 Scoring Guide (hw3.doc 251 KB)
  • Homework 4 Scoring Guide (hw4.doc 40 KB)

Presentations with Notes

• Module 1 (3 files, 1.5 MB)
• Module 2 (2 files, 1.4 MB)
• Module 3 (2 files, 1.9 MB)
• Module 4 (2 files, 238 KB)
• Module 5 (3 files, 11.2 MB)
• Module 6 (3 files, 8.7 MB)
• Module 7 (2 files, 1.5 MB)
• Module 8 (2 files, 672 KB)
• Module 9 (2 files, 655 KB)
• Module 10 (2 files, 1.1 MB)
• Module 11 (2 files, 1.1 MB)
• Module 12 (2 files, 537 KB)
• Module 13 (3 files, 1.7 MB)
• Module 14 (2 files, 438 KB)
• Module 15 (2 files, 2.1 MB)
• Module 16 (3 files, 3 MB)