Design of Experiment (DOE) Analysis of 5-Cell Stack Fuel Cell Using Three Bipolar Plate Geometry Designs

Tabbi Wilberforce and Abdul Ghani Olabi
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Tabbi Wilberforce: Mechanical Engineering and Design, Aston Triangle, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK
Abdul Ghani Olabi: Mechanical Engineering and Design, Aston Triangle, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 11, 1-23

Abstract: The investigation conducted is aimed at establishing the best operational conditions to obtain the best output of a 5-cell stack Proton Exchange Membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) with three different bipolar plate geometries. The work further explores the best input parameters that will yield the maximum voltage, current power as well as fuel efficiency from each of the three designs under investigation. A polarization curve was generated for each of the three designs and a surface response plot developed for each experiment. The work concluded that the spiral design performed very well compared to the other designs under investigation and even existing on the fuel cell market.

Keywords: design of experiment; spiral design; bipolar plate; fuel cell; polarization curve (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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