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Carbon monoxide (CO), which is preferentially absorbed on the platinum catalbrane fuel cell (PEMFC), is extremely detrimental to cell performance. Essentially, the carbon monoxide absorption diminishes the cells performance by blocking and reducing the number of catalyst sites available for the hydrogen oxidation reaction. In order to obtain a full understanding of CO poisoning characteristics and remediate CO-poisoned PEMFCs, a CO poisoning numerical model is developed and incorporated into a f

A current-path percolation model has been developed to simulate the electrical property variations in spatially-disordered inhomogeneous media by establishing a computational path determination scheme, i.e., a cluster labeling process. This scheme eliminates the necessity to estimate the bond resistance at lattice edges. Subsequently, an active clustering process provides more accurate effective electrical resistance values than both the effective medium approximation (EMA) and the Kirkpatrick a

A pseudo two-dimensional heat transfer model has been developed to predict time-dependent temperature variations in thermal batteries with a LiCl-LiBr-LiF electrolyte. The effect of combustionflame propagation of heat pellets in a radial direction on local temperature profiles is implicitly incorporated for parametric studies of thermal runaway prevention. Analytical results show that the mass of the heat pellets should be carefully controlled for successful operation of the thermal batteries, w

Experiments have been performed to investigate the key parameters determining the performance of thermoelectric power generation. The experimental results obtained show that the power output significantly increases with the temperature difference between cold and hot sides of thermoelectric generator. However, the effect of the hot side temperature under the identical temperature difference on the overall performance of a thermoelectric generator is meager. The conversion efficiency defined as t

Interfacial contact resistance between gas diffusion layers (GDLs) and bipolar plates (BPs) has a substantial effect on the performance loss of polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs). Particularly during the final manufacturing process of a fuel cell stack, an externally applied clamping load determines the extent of electrical contact between those two solid components. In order to have the least electrical contact loss, it is highly necessary to keep all PEFC components close each other withou

In this study, the microscopic transport properties of porous gas diffusion media (PGDMs) with capillary meniscus formation are evaluated using a statistical approach for electrochemical applications. The microscopic morphology of PGDM is stochastically modeled using randomly distributed carbon fibers and various meniscus formations. In particular, the meniscus formation of hydrophobic polytetrafl uorethylene (PTFE) agent enables the generation of highly elaborate microstructures in commercial P

A systematic, multicomponent model has been developed to investigate optimal water management for fuel cell electric vehicles. Water management strategies focus on manipulating thermodynamic states to provide the adequate requirements of fuel cells. A fuel cell water transfer model, a membrane humidifier model, and a compressor model are mathematically developed and solved using MATLAB to achieve an integrated thermodynamic approach based on system piping and instrumental diagrams. Each componen

An experiment has been performed in order to investigate the characteristics of multiple thermoelectric modules (TEMs) with electrical circuits. The open circuit voltage of TEM connected parallel circuit is equal to the sum of individual TEMs. In contrast, the open circuit voltage is equal to the average of that individual TEM for a series circuit. The power output and conversion efficiency of TEM for both parallel and series circuits increase as the operating temperature conditions for individu

An analysis model considered the manufacturing factors and the pellet size has been developed in order to predict the performance characteristics of thermoelectric modules as generators. Since the electrical internal resistance has a significant role in the performance of thermoelectric modules, the variations of electrical internal resistance with operating temperature are experimentally measured. The modified electrical internal resistance calculated from an experimental correlation is applied

This study is intended to analyze the effect of thin ink-film thickness around rotating printing roll on the printing quality in the gravure printing process which is used for making electronics circuit like a RFID tag with a conductive ink. The present work numerically estimates the film thickness around rotating roller partially immersed in ink, for which the volume of fluid (VOF) method was adopted to figure out the film formation process around rotating roller. Parameter studies were perform

고속 저토크 표면 부착 영구자석형 동기 전동기의 운전 안정성 확보를 위하여 과속도 및 과부하영역에서 전동기 코일 온도 예측이 필수적이다. 0.35mm 의 S18, S08 등급인 35PN440, 35PN220 그리고 0.15mm 의 저손실 재료인 15HTH1000 으로 제작된 고정자 철심을 포함하는 전동기의 정격 구동 조건에서 손실 및 코일 온도를 측정하여 과속도 및 과부하 영역의 손실 및 열저항을 예측하고 열전달 모델링을 수행하였다. 이의 검증을 위하여 무부하 과속도 영역에서 계산된 코일 온도와 실험값을 비교하여 6.4%이하로 일치하였다. 35PN440 을 적용한 전동기에 비하여 15HTH100 을 적용한 전동기는 무차원 회전속도 0.9, 부하율 3.0 일 때 철손실이 84.4% 로 감소하였고, 무차원 코일 온도 1.0 을 기준으로 출력이 85.2% 향상되었다. 정격 구동 영역의 손실 측정 및 열전달 모델링으로 과부하 및 과속도 영역에서 철심재질에 따른 코일 온도 변화 및 전동기 출

Electrothermal characteristics of high speed synchronous rotational machine were studied experimentally and theoretically. Electricalrotating machines with three types of electromagnetic materials were fabricated to identify core losses in the iron cores of high speedsynchronous machine. Dummy and isolated rotational machines were devised to measure pure mechanical losses and to examine conductivethermal resistances in stators. Results showed that mechanical losses are linearly proportional to d

The porous transport layer (PTL) is essential to effectively remove oxygen and hydrogen gas from the electrode surface at high current density operation conditions. In this study, the effect of PTL with different characteristics such as pore size, pore gradient, interfacial coating was investigated by multi-layered sintered mesh. A water electrolysis single cell of active area of the 34.56 cm2 was constructed, and IV performance and impedance analysis were conducted in the range of 0 to 2.0 A/cm

냉시동 성능 개선은 연료전지 차량의 고분자 전해질 연료전지 발전 모듈 및 시스템의 내구성과 신뢰성 향상의 측면에서 매우 중요하다. 이에 본 연구에서는 영하의 기후에서 연료전지 차량의 초기 구동 시금속 분리판 표면에 형성된 바나듐 산화물 박막의 자기 발열 특성을 이용하여 신속한 온도 상승 구현이 가능한 냉시동 향상 기술을 제안하고, 실험적 방법을 통해 그 적용 가능성을 검증하였다. 졸-겔 침지 법에 의해 제조된 바나듐 산화물 박막의 특성 평가를 위해 X 선 회절, 광전자 분광, 전자 주사 현미경을 이용한 화합물 조성 및 미세구조 분석, 4-탐침법을 이용한 -20 ~ 80℃의 온도 구간에서의 온도-저항 이력 특성 분석을 각각 수행하였다. 본 실험 결과, 냉시동 조건에서 박막의 자기 발열량은 연료전지 내부의 생성 수 결빙 방지에 필요한 열 에너지를 모두 충족시킬 수 있음을 확인하였다.

A two-dimensional material network model has been developed to visualize the nano-structures of fuel-cell catalysts and to search for effective transport paths for the optimal performance of fuel cells in randomly-disordered composite catalysts. Stochastic random modeling based on the Monte Carlo method is developed using random number generation processes over a catalyst layer domain at a 95% confidence level. After the post-determination process of the effective connectivity, particularly for