Energy Systems Design and Computational Modelling

聚合物电解质膜燃料电池（PEMFC）是一种电化学能量转换装置，可以为道路车辆、家庭和便携式电子设备提供清洁能源。燃料电池的有效和可靠的操作取决于与电化学反应结合的反应物气体、产物水、热、电子和质子的有效流动和控制。这些传输现象的某些方面处于当前知识的边界。通过新的实验和模拟方法的结合，拟议的研究计划将探索和解决潜在的机械和化学过程，并利用这些知识来通知可靠的计算设计和优化工具的开发。这些工具将与处于燃料电池技术前沿的加拿大公司合作应用，以实现低成本和提高耐用性的设计，并探索新的控制概念。

Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs) are electrochemical energy conversion devices that can provide clean power to road vehicles, homes and portable electronics. The efficient and reliable operation of a fuel cell depend on the effective flow and control of reactant gases, product water, heat, electrons and protons in conjunction with the electrochemical reaction. Some aspects of these transport phenomena are at the boundaries of current knowledge. Through a combination of new experimental and simulation methods, the proposed research program will probe and resolve the underlying mechanical and chemical processes, and use this knowledge to inform the development of reliable computational design and optimization tools. These tools will be applied, in collaboration with Canadian companies at the vanguard of fuel cell technology, to realize low cost and improved durability designs and to explore novel control concepts.