Carbon bipolar plate flow channel design: carbon plate fabrication
As environmental issues arise, people are now opting for an alternative energy source instead of burning fossil fuels. Hence, fuel cells are energy conversion devices that are created as a replacement for energy sources. With fuel cells being the energy replacement source for future generations, it...
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| author | Lum, Hadrian Jing Yao |
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| description | As environmental issues arise, people are now opting for an alternative energy source instead of burning fossil fuels. Hence, fuel cells are energy conversion devices that are created as a replacement for energy sources. With fuel cells being the energy replacement source for future generations, it is essential for them to perform to their best capability. As such, engineering research was conducted on the performance of fuel cells. This study was conducted due to the lack of in-depth discussion on how the parameters of the bipolar plates could affect the performance of the fuel cell. A series of research was done to determine how the gas dispersion area within the bipolar plates would affect the performance of the fuel cell. The study was done in three sections, simple case, general case, and general case on both electrodes. It was concluded that the equations could be used to determine the various gas dispersion area percentages upon certain assumptions. However, these equations are only intuitively correct, and it would still require future experimental study for validation. Nevertheless, the preliminary studies reported herein would help guide the design and experiments to be conducted in future. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1577932023-03-04T20:12:27Z Carbon bipolar plate flow channel design: carbon plate fabrication Lum, Hadrian Jing Yao Chan Siew Hwa School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Miao Bin MSHCHAN@ntu.edu.sg, bin.miao@ntu.edu.sg Engineering::Mechanical engineering As environmental issues arise, people are now opting for an alternative energy source instead of burning fossil fuels. Hence, fuel cells are energy conversion devices that are created as a replacement for energy sources. With fuel cells being the energy replacement source for future generations, it is essential for them to perform to their best capability. As such, engineering research was conducted on the performance of fuel cells. This study was conducted due to the lack of in-depth discussion on how the parameters of the bipolar plates could affect the performance of the fuel cell. A series of research was done to determine how the gas dispersion area within the bipolar plates would affect the performance of the fuel cell. The study was done in three sections, simple case, general case, and general case on both electrodes. It was concluded that the equations could be used to determine the various gas dispersion area percentages upon certain assumptions. However, these equations are only intuitively correct, and it would still require future experimental study for validation. Nevertheless, the preliminary studies reported herein would help guide the design and experiments to be conducted in future. Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) 2022-05-23T11:49:29Z 2022-05-23T11:49:29Z 2022 Final Year Project (FYP) Lum, H. J. Y. (2022). Carbon bipolar plate flow channel design: carbon plate fabrication. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/157793 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/157793 en A012 application/pdf Nanyang Technological University |
| spellingShingle | Engineering::Mechanical engineering Lum, Hadrian Jing Yao Carbon bipolar plate flow channel design: carbon plate fabrication |
| title | Carbon bipolar plate flow channel design: carbon plate fabrication |
| title_full | Carbon bipolar plate flow channel design: carbon plate fabrication |
| title_fullStr | Carbon bipolar plate flow channel design: carbon plate fabrication |
| title_full_unstemmed | Carbon bipolar plate flow channel design: carbon plate fabrication |
| title_short | Carbon bipolar plate flow channel design: carbon plate fabrication |
| title_sort | carbon bipolar plate flow channel design carbon plate fabrication |
| topic | Engineering::Mechanical engineering |
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