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Measurement of through-plane effective thermal conductivity and contact resistance in PEM fuel cell diffusion media

Author(s): G. Karimi, P. Teertstra, X. Li

A study of the through-plane thermal conductivity of various gas diffusion layer materials (GDL) and the thermal contact resistance between the GDL and an electrolytic iron surface as a function ...

Keywords: electrolytic iron surface, experimental measurements, gas diffusion layer (GDL), GHF, Guarded heat flow meter, PEM fuel cell, proton exchange membrane, Thermal Conductivity, thermal contact resistance, Through-Plane Thermal Conductivity

Direct measurement of through-plane thermal conductivity and contact resistance in fuel cell materials

Author(s): M. M. Mench, Manish Khandelwal

The through-plane thermal conductivity of many components of a fuel cell, dry Nafion®, various diffusion medias and catalyst layers are studied. The thermal contact resistance between the diffusion media and ...

Keywords: catalyst layer, diffusion media, dry nafion, Fuel cells, GHF, Guarded heat flow meter, Nafion membrane, polymers, thermal contact resistance, Through-Plane Thermal Conductivity, Toray carbon fiber paper

Thermal conductivity of catalyst layer of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells: Part 1 – Experimental study

Author(s): Jürgen Stumper, Madhu S. Saha, Majid Bahrami, Mickey Tam, Mohammad Ahadi

In this paper, a new method is proposed for measuring the through plane thermal conductivity of two catalyst layers of different thicknesses by the guarded heat flow meter (GHF) method, ...

Keywords: catalyst layer, GHF, Guarded heat flow meter, membrane fuel cell, Polymer electrolyte, Thermal Conductivity, thermal contact resistance, Through-Plane Thermal Conductivity, TPS, Transient Plane Source

Thermal and electrical conductivity enhancement of graphite nanoplatelets on form-stable polyethylene glycol/polymethyl methacrylate composite phase change materials

Author(s): Jiaoqun Zhu, Jun Wang, Lei Zhang, Weibing Zhou, Yan Wang

Graphite nano-platelets (GnPs) were dispersed in polyethylene glycol (PEG)/polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) to form a PEG/PMMA/GnPs composite organic form-stable phase change material. The effects of the incorporation of ...

Keywords: Compressive Strength, differential scanning calorimeter, Differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), DSC, Electrical Conductivity, FE-SEM, Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy, Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM), Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), FT-IR, graphite, pcms, phase change materials, Polymer composites, Thermal Conductivity, thermal constant analyzer, Thermogravimetry, transient plane source method, X-ray Diffraction, X-ray diffraction (XRD), XRD

Synergistic Effects and Modeling of Thermally Conductive Resins for Fuel Cell Bipolar Plate Applications

Author(s): Rebecca A. Hauser

Conductive carbon fillers (carbon black, carbon fiber, and synthetic graphite particles) were added to Vectra A950RX liquid crystal polymer and the axial and radial thermal conductivities were determined experimentally ...

Keywords: Axial Thermal Conductivity, density, Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy, Fillers, fuel cell, graphite, Hydrogen, Polymer composites, Solvent Digestion, Specific Heat, Surface Energy Test Method, Transverse Thermal Conductivity, X-Ray Photoelectric Spectroscopy

Microthermal sensors for determining fluid composition and flow rate in fluidic systems

Author(s): A. Schutze, B. Schmitt, C. Kiefer

The use of hot disk sensors for the determination of content ratio in binary mixtures of fluids was investigated. The sensors were manufactured with various layouts of metal foil encapsulated ...

Keywords: fuel cell, Therma; Heat Storage, Thermal Conductivity, Thermal Heat Storage, TPS Technique, Transient Plane Source, Transient plane source (TPS) method

Experimental and numerical study on thermal conductivity of proton exchange membrane

Author(s): Hu Zhang, Lei Chen, Li Zhong-Zhen, Wen-Quan Tao, Ya-Ling He

Proton exchange membranes (PEM) are important components of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) which could potentially substitute fossil energy. The purpose of this study was to theoretically and experimentally ...

Keywords: 2500 S, Cell structure, Materials Studio (MS) software, molecular dynamics calculation model, Nafion 117, proton exchange membrane, Proton exchange membranes, Temperature, Thermal Conductivity, Transient plane source (TPS), Transient plane source (TPS) method, Water content

Advancement of system designs and key engineering technologies for materials-based hydrogen storage

Author(s): Bart A. van Hassel, I. Fedchenia, J. Holowczak, M. Gorbounov, R. Brown, X. Tang

Aspects of hydrogen distribution systems need improvement for their applications in fuel cell vehicles. In this paper, chemical and physical characteristics of the H2 storage material, sodium aluminum hydride (SAH), ...

Keywords: characterization, Desorption cycles, Expanded natural graphite (ENG), graphite, H2 absorption, Heat exchange, Kinetic limit, Pellets, Sodium aluminum hydride (SAH), Temperature, Thermal Conductivity, Thermal integration, Thermocouples, Transient plane source (TPS), Transient plane source (TPS) method

Direct measurement of through-plane thermal conductivity of partially saturated fuel cell diffusion media

Author(s): Guoqing Xu

This thesis looked at the relationship between thermal conductivity and compression and saturation in three different fuel cell diffusion media (DM). The stress-strain relationship of the materials was investigated using ...

Keywords: Compressive Loading, Electrical Conductivity, fuel cell, Optical Microscope, PEFCs, Permeability, Polymer electrolyte, porosity, Thermal Conductivity, thickness

Synergistic Effects of Carbon Fillers in Thermally Conductive Liquid Crystal Polymer Based Resins

Author(s): Amanda M. Tomson, Isabel M. Wescoat, Jason M. Keith, Julia A. King, Rebecca A. Hauser

Three different carbons (carbon black, synthetic graphite particles and carbon fiber) were added to Vectra A950RX Liquid Crystal Polymer in order to synthesize different composites for use in fuel ...

Keywords: anisotropic, Bipolar Plates, Fillers, fuel cell, graphite, In-Plane Thermal Conductivity, Polymer composites, resin, Through-Plane Thermal Conductivity

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Measurement of through-plane effective thermal conductivity and contact resistance in PEM fuel cell diffusion media

Direct measurement of through-plane thermal conductivity and contact resistance in fuel cell materials

Thermal conductivity of catalyst layer of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells: Part 1 – Experimental study

Thermal and electrical conductivity enhancement of graphite nanoplatelets on form-stable polyethylene glycol/polymethyl methacrylate composite phase change materials

Synergistic Effects and Modeling of Thermally Conductive Resins for Fuel Cell Bipolar Plate Applications

Microthermal sensors for determining fluid composition and flow rate in fluidic systems

Experimental and numerical study on thermal conductivity of proton exchange membrane

Advancement of system designs and key engineering technologies for materials-based hydrogen storage

Direct measurement of through-plane thermal conductivity of partially saturated fuel cell diffusion media

Synergistic Effects of Carbon Fillers in Thermally Conductive Liquid Crystal Polymer Based Resins

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