• 제목/요약/키워드: Bipolar-Plate

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연료전지스택 바깥판의 위상최적설계 (Topology Optimization for End Plate of Fuel Cell Stack)

  • 최우석;오성진;김성종;홍병선
    • 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한기계학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회
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    • pp.456-461
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    • 2003
  • A fuel cell is an electrochemical device in which the energy of a chemical reaction is converted directly into electricity. By combining hydrogen fuel with oxygen from air, electricity is formed, without combustion of any form. Water and heat are the only by-products when hydrogen is used as the fuel source. Fuel cell stack consists of multi-layered unit cells. A unit cell consists of MEA and bipolar plates. The end plate of fuel cell stack should give a uniform distributed pressure to multi unit cell layers so as to reduce the contact resistance and to prevent the leakage of reactant gases and the damage of multi layer components. The current end plate is redundantly large and heavy. It makes the power per unit volume reduced. Topology optimization of end plate is conducted for mass reduction and enhancement of bending rigidity. The evaluation of the current design and the recommendation for the future design is remarked.

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Slope plate 공법을 이용한 반응고 박판 및 제조 장치 개발 (Fabrication of Thin Plate of Semisolid Material using Slope Plate Process and Development of Fabrication Apparatus)

  • 구자윤;배정운;진철규;강충길
    • 한국주조공학회지
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    • 제32권1호
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    • pp.24-31
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    • 2012
  • In this study, semi-solid thin plate of A 356 aluminum alloy was fabricated by using slope plate apparatus and vacuum pressurization. Slope plate was used to produce semi-solid material with spheroidal microstructures. After molten metal was poured into the slope plate connected to the pouring hole of die, semi-solid material flowed into the die cavity by vacuum degree. The primary crystals of the cast metal became spheroidal. In order to increase the working pressure, gas pressurization of U shape was designed for fabrication of thin plate. For 3 bar of gas pressure and 60 mmHg of vacuum degree, thin plate was fabricated without defects on surface.

성형 이력을 고려한 용융탄산염 연료전지용 쉴디드 슬롯 플레이트의 압축 및 굽힘 거동 분석 (Compressive and Bending Behaviors of the Shielded Slot Plate Considering Forming Effect for Fuel Cell Application)

  • 이창환;양동열;강동우;장인갑;이태원
    • 소성∙가공
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    • 제21권6호
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    • pp.341-347
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    • 2012
  • The metallic bipolar plates of the molten carbonate fuel cell(MCFC) are composed of shielded slot plates and a center-plate. The shielded slot plates support the center-plate and the membrane electrode assembly. Compressive forces are applied to the shielded slot plate in order to increase the contact area between shielded slot plates and the membrane electrode assembly (MEA). In the design of the shielded slot plate, it is necessary to predict the mechanical behavior of the shielded slot plate. The shielded slot plates are manufactured by a three-stage forming process consisting of slitting, preforming and the final forming process. The mechanical behavior of the shielded slot plate is largely affected by the forming process. In this study, the simulation of the three-stage forming process was used to predict the mechanical behavior of the shielded slot plate. The present simulation approach showed good agreements with the experimental results.