2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
New paradigm of fundamental research on the transport phenomena in PEFC by using MEMS-based gas diffusion layer
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19360095
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Thermal engineering
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
FUSHINOBU Kazuyoshi Tokyo Institute of Technology, 大学院・理工学研究科, 准教授 (50280996)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
OKAZAKI Ken 東京工業大学, 大学院・理工学研究科, 教授 (20124729)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2009
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| Keywords | 固体高分子形燃料電池 / MEMS / ガス拡散層 / 熱工学 / 輸送現象論 |
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| Research Abstract |
Polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs) have been developed in stationary, automobile and portable applications. Since the reaction of fuel and oxygen and the transport of the gaseous species and generated water are simultaneously occurring in the PEFC cells, it is important to discriminate each process for scientific research. It is proposed to use MEMS-based gas diffusion layers, a cell component, in PEFC, and its advantage has been investigated. Also the promising feature of the component for higher performance has been suggested.
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