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Department of Mechanical Engineering
Fuel Cell Research Lab
Research Topics:
Demonstration Projects:
Fuel Cell Hybrid Bus Program
V2G
DMFC for Portable Applications
Fault Diagnosis of Stacks
Freeze Tolerant Membranes
Water Management:
Microvisualization of Catalyst Layer
Characteristics of GDL and MPL
Simultaneous Optical & Neutron Imaging
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Gas Diffusion Layer:
Metallic GDL
Permeability Characterization
Flow Field Design:
Convective Bypass (Analytic)
PIV Measurements
Flow Field Geometry Optimization
Direct Methanol Fuel Cells:
Metal Foam Flowfield and GDLs
Mathematical Model
Vehicle Simulation
Hydrogen Production & Storage:
Thermochemical Cycle
Hydrogen Refueling Station
System Level Analysis:
Metal Hydride Storage
Catalysts & Membranes:
Novel Catalyst Supports
Catalyst Degradation Studies
XPS Studies
Degradation Studies:
Exergy Analysis of Hybrid Bus
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