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Evaluation of the Performance of Water Electrolysis Cells and Stacks for High-Altitude Long Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

고고도 무인기용 수전해 셀 및 스택의 제작 및 성능 평가

  • Received : 2016.07.11
  • Accepted : 2016.08.30
  • Published : 2016.08.30
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Abstract

The experiments related on structure and water electrolysis performance of HALE UAV stack were conducted in this study. Anode catalyst $IrRuO_2$ was prepared by Adam's fusion methods as 2~3 nm nano sized particles, and the cathode catalyst was used as commercial product of Premetek. The MEA (membrane electrode assembly) was manufactured by decal methods, anode and anode catalytic layers were prepared by electro-spray. HALE stack was composed of 5 multi-cells as $0.2Nm^3/hr$ hydrogen production rate with hydrogen pressure as 10 bar. The water electrolysis performance was investigated at atmospheric pressure and temperature of $55^{\circ}C$. Best performance of HALE UAV stack was recorded as cell voltage efficiency as 86%.

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