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Full-Text Articles in Mechanical Engineering
Study On The Viability Of Preparing Plaster Molds For Rapid Prototyping Of Complex Ceramic Parts Using The Lost Pla Method, Shelton F. Fowler Iv
Study On The Viability Of Preparing Plaster Molds For Rapid Prototyping Of Complex Ceramic Parts Using The Lost Pla Method, Shelton F. Fowler Iv
Honors College Theses
In the field of metal casting, cast parts often require an internal cavity to be made to meet design requirements. Frequently, these interior surfaces are not manufacturable through standard machining processes, and even when possible, they would most likely involve expensive and time-consuming operations. In order to avoid these machining costs, expendable ceramic or sand cores are manufactured and placed into the mold to allow the direct casting of complex internal geometries. This research seeks to use relatively inexpensive plastic 3D printing technology and the lost PLA casting process for the production of low-cost and rapidly producible ceramic cores. A …
Design Of A Methanol Reformer For On-Board Production Of Hydrogen As Fuel For A 3kw High-Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Power System, Vladimir Gurau, Adedayo Ogunleke, F. Strickland
Design Of A Methanol Reformer For On-Board Production Of Hydrogen As Fuel For A 3kw High-Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Power System, Vladimir Gurau, Adedayo Ogunleke, F. Strickland
Department of Manufacturing Engineering Faculty Research and Publications
The method of Computational Fluid Dynamics is used to predict the process parameters and select the optimum operating regime of a methanol reformer for on-board production of hydrogen as fuel for a 3 kW High-Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell power system. The analysis uses a three reactions kinetics model for methanol steam reforming, water gas shift and methanol decomposition reactions on Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalyst. Numerical simulations are performed at single channel level for a range of reformer operating temperatures and values of the molar flow rate of methanol per weight of catalyst at the reformer inlet. Two operating regimes of …
Design And Demonstration Of Automated Technologies For The Fabrication And Testing Of Pem Fuel Cell Systems, Vladimir Gurau, Daniel Cox, Devin C. Fowler, Matthew Carter, Adedayo Ogunleke
Design And Demonstration Of Automated Technologies For The Fabrication And Testing Of Pem Fuel Cell Systems, Vladimir Gurau, Daniel Cox, Devin C. Fowler, Matthew Carter, Adedayo Ogunleke
Department of Manufacturing Engineering Faculty Research and Publications
This paper describes the research efforts at Georgia Southern University to develop robotic technologies for the fabrication of fuel cell components and stacks, as well as the design and fabrication of a High Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (HT-PEMFC) power system to be used as motive power and auxiliary power unit (APU) for a long range, unmanned, fully autonomous forest rover. The paper describes a manufacturing workcell consisting of a Yaskawa Motoman SDA5F dual arm robot with machine vision used for sorting, reorientation and stacking fuel cell components in presenters in preparation for their subsequent robotic assembly in fuel …
A Numerical And Experimental Study On Effect Of Composition Of Ar-N2 Shielding Gas On The Weld Bead Profile And Its Prediction For Hot Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing, Niraj Pudasaini
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Wire arc additive manufacturing is a process of making three-dimensional metal parts in a layer-by-layer approach using a feed wire and electric arc as a heat source. Wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) is becoming more popular due to its ability to create complex 3D parts, less build time, high deposition rate, and significant cost savings. Out of the many parameters used in WAAM, one of the important parameters is shielding gas which plays a significant role in material quality, properties, and defects. In this study, a controlled amount of Argon (Ar) and Nitrogen (N2) shielding gases are used …