Abstract
The liquid fuels such as methanol has significantly higher volumetric energy content than the gaseous fuels. The efficiency and power density improvement is hence essential. One of the approaches is to reduce the methanol permeation and water permeability of existing electrolyte membranes. The development and application of direct methanol fuel call for material handling applications is discussed in detail. The results of the cost analysis indicate that direct methanol fuel cell energy systems can be more cost efficient if the service life of the direct methanol fuel cell stack is 10,000 h at an overall efficiency of 30%, if the power density of the membrane electrode assemblies is 100 W/cm2 and if the system can be operated with water autonomy up to an ambient temperature of 35
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 2nd National Conference on Systems, Energy & Environment (NCSEE '14) |
| Publication date | 2014 |
| Pages | 125-129 |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 2nd National Conference on Systems, Energy & Environment (NCSEE '14) - Government College of Engineering Kannur, Kerala , India Duration: 1 Aug 2014 → 2 Aug 2014 |
Conference
| Conference | 2nd National Conference on Systems, Energy & Environment (NCSEE '14) |
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| Location | Government College of Engineering Kannur |
| Country | India |
| City | Kerala |
| Period | 01/08/2014 → 02/08/2014 |
Keywords
- DMFC
- Material handling
- Stack aging
- Fork lift
- Cost analysis and Current density