Final Technical Report for the Martin County Hydrogen Fuel Cell Development Project

Eshraghi, Ray

关键词: COMMERCIALIZATION;    DESIGN;    ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT;    EXTRUSION;    FUEL CELLS;    HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS;    MANUFACTURING;    PERFORMANCE;    VELOCITY Fuel cell;    microfiber;    extrusion;    hydrogen;    manufacturing;    cost reduction;    high volume production;    high speed production;    production efficiency;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1008341
RP-ID  :  DOE/GO/88107
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1008341
Others  :  TRN: US201109%%31

学科分类：再生能源与代替技术

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

In September 2008, the U.S. Department of Energy and Martin County Economic Development Corporation entered into an agreement to further the advancement of a microtubular PEM fuel cell developed by Microcell Corporation. The overall focus of this project was on research and development related to high volume manufacturing of fuel cells and cost reduction in the fuel cell manufacturing process. The extrusion process used for the microfiber fuel cells in this project is inherently a low cost, high volume, high speed manufacturing process. In order to take advantage of the capabilities that the extrusion process provides, all subsequent manufacturing processes must be enhanced to meet the extrusion line???s speed and output. Significant research and development was completed on these subsequent processes to ensure that power output and performance were not negatively impacted by the higher speeds, design changes and process improvements developed in this project. All tasks were successfully completed resulting in cost reductions, performance improvements and process enhancements in the areas of speed and quality. These results support the Department of Energy???s goal of fuel cell commercialization.