Development and Evaluation of a Test Apparatus for Fuel Cells

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dc.contributor.authorDavis, Mark Williamen
dc.contributor.committeechairEllis, Michael W.en
dc.contributor.committeemembervon Spakovsky, Michael R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberNelson, Douglas J.en
dc.contributor.departmentMechanical Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:41:33Zen
dc.date.adate2000-07-20en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:41:33Zen
dc.date.issued2000-05-25en
dc.date.rdate2001-07-20en
dc.date.sdate2000-07-17en
dc.description.abstractThe development of a test apparatus for proton exchange membrane fuel cells is presented. The design of the prototype device is provided in detail along with a description of the apparatus. The evaluation of the functionality and effectiveness of the device included measurement of a polarization curve for a 5-cell, 1 kW stack. An effective test apparatus is imperative for stack performance testing, model evaluation, and investigation of new fuel cell technology. This apparatus was designed to measure and control the mass flow rates of the reactant gases, gas pressures, gas temperatures, gas relative humidity, stack temperature, stack current, and the coolant water flow rate. Additionally, the test apparatus can measure the stack voltage, coolant water resistivity, coolant water temperature change across the stack, and the coolant water pressure drop across the stack. The apparatus was shown to provide adequate control of all necessary variables for stack performance evaluation.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-07172000-08520055en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07172000-08520055/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/34037en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartdavisfinal.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectTest Apparatusen
dc.subjectFuel Cellen
dc.subjectExperimentalen
dc.subjectPEMen
dc.titleDevelopment and Evaluation of a Test Apparatus for Fuel Cellsen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineMechanical Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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