Thermo Mechanical Design and Analysis of PEM Fuel cell Plate
Fuel and oxidant gas delivery plate, or fuel cell
plate, is a key component of a Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM)
fuel cell. To manufacture low-cost and high performance fuel cell
plates, advanced computer modeling and finite element structure
analysis are used as virtual prototyping tools for the optimization
of the plates at the early design stage. The present study examines
thermal stress analysis of the fuel cell plates that are produced
using a patented, low-cost fuel cell plate production technique
based on screen-printing. Design optimization is applied to
minimize the maximum stress within the plate, subject to strain
constraint with both geometry and material parameters as design
variables. The study reveals the characteristics of the printed
plates, and provides guidelines for the structure and material design
of the fuel cell plate.
[1] Dong, Z. "Fuel Cell Flow-Field Structure Formed by Layer
Deposition," UK Patent GB 2 336 712 A.(1999)
[2] Menon, U., Chapter 6: "Rapid Prototyping of Hardware and Software,
Concurrent Design of Products, Manufacturing Processes and
Systems" Gordon and Breach Science publishers, p133, (1998).
[3] Pastula, M.E.,, Radiator Stack PEM Fuel Cell Architecture, System
Modeling and Flow Field Design, M. A. Sc. Thesis, University of
Victoria.(1997)
[4] Perry, M. L., Newman, J., and Cairns , E. J., Mass Transport in Gas
Diffusion Electrodes: A Diagnostic Tool for Fuel Cell Cathodes,
Journal of the Electrochemical Society, v145, n1, p5-151(1998)
[5] Shi, L. T., and Tu, K. N. "Finite Element Stress Analysis of Failure
Mechanisms in a Multilevel Metallization Structure", Journal of
Applied Physics, v77, n7, (1995).
[1] Dong, Z. "Fuel Cell Flow-Field Structure Formed by Layer
Deposition," UK Patent GB 2 336 712 A.(1999)
[2] Menon, U., Chapter 6: "Rapid Prototyping of Hardware and Software,
Concurrent Design of Products, Manufacturing Processes and
Systems" Gordon and Breach Science publishers, p133, (1998).
[3] Pastula, M.E.,, Radiator Stack PEM Fuel Cell Architecture, System
Modeling and Flow Field Design, M. A. Sc. Thesis, University of
Victoria.(1997)
[4] Perry, M. L., Newman, J., and Cairns , E. J., Mass Transport in Gas
Diffusion Electrodes: A Diagnostic Tool for Fuel Cell Cathodes,
Journal of the Electrochemical Society, v145, n1, p5-151(1998)
[5] Shi, L. T., and Tu, K. N. "Finite Element Stress Analysis of Failure
Mechanisms in a Multilevel Metallization Structure", Journal of
Applied Physics, v77, n7, (1995).
@article{"International Journal of Chemical, Materials and Biomolecular Sciences:49565", author = "Saravana Kannan Thangavelu", title = "Thermo Mechanical Design and Analysis of PEM Fuel cell Plate", abstract = "Fuel and oxidant gas delivery plate, or fuel cell
plate, is a key component of a Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM)
fuel cell. To manufacture low-cost and high performance fuel cell
plates, advanced computer modeling and finite element structure
analysis are used as virtual prototyping tools for the optimization
of the plates at the early design stage. The present study examines
thermal stress analysis of the fuel cell plates that are produced
using a patented, low-cost fuel cell plate production technique
based on screen-printing. Design optimization is applied to
minimize the maximum stress within the plate, subject to strain
constraint with both geometry and material parameters as design
variables. The study reveals the characteristics of the printed
plates, and provides guidelines for the structure and material design
of the fuel cell plate.", keywords = "Design optimization, FEA, PEM fuel cell,
Thermal stress", volume = "3", number = "3", pages = "122-5", }