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Compact Transient Model for Nafion Membranes

Compact Transient Model for Nafion Membranes
Abstract A numerical model was developed to predict the water concentration, temperature, potential and pressure across a Nafion membrane used in pro... Read more

Calculator for Preparing Methanol-Water Mixture for DMFCs

Calculator for Preparing Methanol-Water Mixture for DMFCs
Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) utilize a mixture of methanol and deionized water (or distilled water) as the fuel for anode side. The most common ... Read more

Building a Micro DMFC Design

Building a Micro DMFC Design
This blog post includes a quick fuel cell introduction, parts list and design for a 1 cm x 1 cm (active area) fuel cell. This summary was put together... Read more

How to Predict Fuel Cell Performance

How to Predict Fuel Cell Performance
The performance of a fuel cell stack can be estimated using a few equations combined with some input data. A common way of characterizing performance ... Read more

Transport Phenomena in Micro and MEMs Fuel Cells

Transport Phenomena in Micro and MEMs Fuel Cells
As fuel cell size decreases, the transport phenomena of the fuels and water changes in the fuel cell. In standard fuel cell designs, the movement of f... Read more

Processing Alternative Fuels for Fuel Cells

Processing Alternative Fuels for Fuel Cells
Fuel cells are not limited to pure hydrogen gas as fuel. Each type of fuel cell stack has different fuel tolerances. The lower the operating temperatu... Read more

Metal Hydrides

Metal Hydrides
Fuel cells usually use compressed hydrogen as the fuel, but there are many other types of fuels that can be used. The type of fuel used depends upon t... Read more

The Effect of Clamping Pressure on Fuel Cell Performance

The Effect of Clamping Pressure on Fuel Cell Performance
There are many steps involved in the manufacturing of a fuel cell stack. One of these steps is the hot pressing of the polymer electrolyte membrane to... Read more

Mathematical Models

Mathematical Models
Mathematical models are a precise description of a problem, process, or technology in the form of mathematics. These models are built to learn more ab... Read more

Introduction to Fuel Cell Testing

Introduction to Fuel Cell Testing
Those who wish to learn more about fuel cells, and even to build their own, may also want to learn how to test those fuel cells. In this post, we will... Read more

How to Build a Fuel Cell

How to Build a Fuel Cell
The first step in building a fuel cell is to determine the power requirements needed to power the particular device or application. Fuel cells can be ... Read more

Polarization Curves

Polarization Curves
If you work with fuel cells, then you are definitely working with polarization curves. The polarization curve does not have a lot of specificity; howe... Read more

Fuel Cell Characterization

Fuel Cell Characterization
Different characterization techniques enable the quantitative comparison of every property and part of the fuel cell stack. By characterizing the fuel... Read more

Fuel Cell Modeling Basics

Fuel Cell Modeling Basics
Fuel cell modeling is helpful for fuel cell developers because it can lead to fuel cell design improvements, as well as cheaper, better, and more effi... Read more
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