3D Printed Housing Unit for PEM Fuel Cell Bi-Polar Plates

用于 PEM 燃料电池双极板的 3D 打印外壳单元

• 批准号: 10074750
• 金额: $ 6.37万
• 依托单位: ENGINEERONICS LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Grant for R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10074750
• 关键词: 3D; Printed; Housing; Unit; PEM

Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs) can play a crucial role in decarbonizing the transport industry. PEMFCs use hydrogen as fuel to produce electricity, emitting only water as a by-product. This makes PEMFCs an attractive technology for powering vehicles, as they do not emit harmful pollutants or greenhouse gases. However, the higher weight, complex manufacturing processes and cost are the major barriers in commercialization of the PEMFCs. In this project, a novel manufacturing process is proposed to develop and manufacture the Proton-exchange membrane fuel cells, which will reduce the fuel cell's weight and cost by 40-60%. This will be achieved by two major steps; firstly, using an open-pore cellular foam material as flow plate channels for the fuel cell and secondly, constructing complete PEM single cell using a plastic housing made by fused deposition modeling 3D printing.

质子交换膜燃料电池（PEMFC）可以在运输行业脱碳方面发挥关键作用。质子交换膜燃料电池使用氢作为燃料来发电，只排放水作为副产品。这使得PEMFC成为一种有吸引力的车辆动力技术，因为它们不会排放有害污染物或温室气体。然而，较高的重量、复杂的制造工艺和成本是PEMFC商业化的主要障碍。本计画提出一种新的制造方法来开发与制造质子交换膜燃料电池，可使燃料电池的重量与成本降低40- 60%。这将通过两个主要步骤实现;首先，使用开孔多孔泡沫材料作为燃料电池的流动板通道，其次，使用熔融沉积建模3D打印制成的塑料外壳构建完整的PEM单电池。