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Design Of Metallic Bipolar Plates For Pem Fuel Cells, Sriram Praneeth Isanaka, Austin Das, Frank W. Liou
Design Of Metallic Bipolar Plates For Pem Fuel Cells, Sriram Praneeth Isanaka, Austin Das, Frank W. Liou
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This project focused on the design and production of metallic bipolar plates for use in PEM fuel cells. Different metals were explored and stainless steel was found out to be best suited to our purpose. Following the selection of metal, it was calculated that to produce 0.7 W of power, the bipolar plate should have an active surface of 25cm2. The bipolar plates were designed with different flow field patterns and manufactured. Different flow field patterns that were used were the straight design, serpentine, multiple serpentine, pintype, interdigitated design and other custom designs. These plates were then assembled along with …