Design of metallic bipolar plates for PEM fuel cells.

Isanaka; Praneeth, Sriram; Das, Austin; Liou, Frank

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Design of metallic bipolar plates for PEM fuel cells.

2012-01-01
By Isanaka ; Praneeth, Sriram ; Das, Austin

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Creators:

Isanaka ; Praneeth, Sriram ; Das, Austin ; Liou, Frank
Corporate Creators:

Missouri University of Science and Technology. Center for Transportation Infrastructure and Safety
Corporate Contributors:

United States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration
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Publication/ Report Number:

NUTC R231 ; Project #00022763
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

Missouri
Corporate Publisher:

Missouri University of Science and Technology. Center for Transportation Infrastructure and Safety
Abstract:

This project focused on the design and production of metallic bipolar plates for use in PEM fuel cells. Different metals were explored ; and stainless steel was found out to be best suited to our purpose. Following the selection of metal, it was calculated that to produce ; 0.7 W of power, the bipolar plate should have an active surface of 25cm2 ; . The bipolar plates were designed with different flow field ; patterns and manufactured. Different flow field patterns that were used were the straight design, serpentine, multiple serpentine, pin-type, interdigitated design and other custom designs. These plates were then assembled along with MEA, gaskets and the end-clamp ; plates to construct a single-cell PEMFC which was then tested on a fuel cell test station. Different prototypes were designed with ; respect to the bipolar plates and the end plates to improve sealing and fuel cell performance. Appropriate loading was done on the ; single fuel cell to obtain the required power from the fuel cell.
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PDF
Funding:

DTRT06-G-0014
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https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/27921/dot_27921_DS1.pdf
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[PDF - 1.25 MB]
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University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
Main Document Checksum:

urn:sha256:84de5d93e081f2fa7219c635e01cfdf705bee32875e6aeda59b32d611d817f37

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English

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