Infrared thermographic defect detection in fuel cell gas diffusion electrodes

作者: Daniel C. Bittinat

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关键词: HysteresisElectrodeMechanical engineeringThermographyEngineeringTube (fluid conveyance)Proton exchange membrane fuel cellBrassGaseous diffusionGas diffusion electrodeComposite material

摘要: iii LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES vi CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1. Introduction of PEMFCs and the motivation for research 2 1.2. PEMFC functionality 1.3. Applications 1.4. MEA components 3 1.5. Fuel Cell Manufacturing Production 5 1.6. Defects in Gas Diffusion Electrodes 6 1.6.1. Definition a defect 1.6.2. Defect Detection 7 1.7. Infrared (IR) Thermography 1.8. Reaction Flow-through Excitation 8 1.9. Objectives 2 STATIONARY GAS DIFFUSION ELECTRODE CHARACTERIZATION ... 10 2.1. Closed environment with brass manifold experiments 2.1.1. Pressure hysteresis test 12 2.2. Pseudo-gas knife 14 2.2.1. Loose GDE experiment 2.2.2. Suspended 17 2.3. Perforated tube gas 19 2.3.1. holder 20 2.3.2. characterization 2.3.3. Hot plate uniformity 21 2.3.3.1. Results 24 2.3.3.2. Bench-top Roller setup angle 25 2.4. Summary 3 MOVING EXPERIMENTATION 27 3.1. material preparation

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