Advanced Materials for PEM-based Fuel Cell Systems

0090556麦格拉思这个奖项是弗吉尼亚理工学院和州立大学支持活动如下所述的24个月。 该提案是为了响应创新伙伴关系计划征集而提交的（NSF 0082）。合作伙伴合作伙伴是弗吉尼亚理工学院和州立大学;弗吉尼亚联邦大学;纽波特纽斯造船公司（NNS）;美国橡胶弹性体公司;联合技术公司;化学工厂;戴斯分析公司; BPAmoco;洛斯阿拉莫斯国家实验室（LANL）;格兰布林大学;汉普顿大学。建议的活动在这个奖项的活动是系统工程分析的膜电极组件的燃料电池堆;预测建模的材料耐久性;合成和表征的新聚合物的电极;暑期实习生教育计划;建模和可靠性测试;从材料、模型、加工到原型的按比例放大;向工业合作伙伴的技术转让;商业化。提议的创新燃料电池已经存在了一百多年，但它们还不够经济或可靠，不能商业化。 需要在更高温度下工作并提高数千小时效率的材料。 可靠性建模和寿命预测模型正在研究中。 这将使该技术扩展到其他系统。 一旦燃料电池在经济上具有竞争力，商业化的潜力是巨大的。 安静、清洁、可靠、移动的发电将具有巨大的应用范围和巨大的潜在经济市场。潜在的经济影响燃料电池具有清洁发电的潜力，但目前可用的材料不足以实现可靠、长寿命的高温经济运行。 在研究生课程中纳入代表性不足的少数民族是很重要的。 如果能制造出经济、可靠的燃料电池，就能保证长期的可持续性。潜在的社会影响两个合作伙伴是历史上的非洲裔美国人大学。 拥有研究生学位的非裔美国科学家和工程师数量的增加将是一个主要成果。 清洁发电将对社会产生重大影响。

0090556 McGrath This award is to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University to support the activity described below for 24 months. The proposal was submitted in response to the Partnerships for Innovation Program Solicitation (NSF 0082).PartnersThe partners are Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Virginia Commonwealth University; Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS); Acadia Elastomers; United Technologies; ChemFab; Dais Analytic; BPAmoco; Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL); Grambling University; Hampton University.Proposed ActivitiesThe activities in this award are systems engineering analysis of membrane electrode assembly of fuel cell stacks; predictive modeling of materials durability; synthesis and characterization of new polymers for electrodes; summer intern education programs; modeling and reliability testing; scale-up from materials, models, processing to prototype; technology transfer to industrial partners; commercialization.Proposed InnovationFuel cells have been in existence for over one hundred years, but they are not economical or reliable enough for commercialization. Materials that operate at higher temperatures and increased efficiency for thousands of hours are needed. Reliability modeling and lifetime prediction models are being investigated. This will allow expansion of the technology to other systems. Once fuel cells become economically competitive, the potential commercialization is enormous. Quiet, clean, reliable, mobile power generation will have a huge range of applications with a large potential economic market.Potential Economic ImpactFuel cells have potential for clean generation of electrical power, but the materials available currently are not adequate for reliable, long-life high temperature economic operation. Inclusion of under-represented minorities in graduate programs is important. Long-term sustainability is assured if economic, reliable fuel cells can be made. Potential Societal ImpactTwo of the partners are historically african-american colleges. An increase in the number of african-american scientists and engineers with graduate degrees would be a major outcome. Clean generation of electrical power would be a major societal impact.