Projects
Projects: Projects for Investigator |
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| Reference Number | EP/M023508/1 | |
| Title | Innovative concepts from Electrodes to Stacks | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Hydrogen and Fuel Cells(Fuel Cells, Stationary applications) 50%; Hydrogen and Fuel Cells(Fuel Cells, Mobile applications) 50%; |
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| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Chemistry) 50%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Chemical Engineering) 50%; |
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| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Prof A (Anthony ) Kucernak No email address given Chemistry Imperial College London |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | EPSRC | |
| Start Date | 01 February 2015 | |
| End Date | 31 July 2018 | |
| Duration | 42 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £1,004,390 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Energy | |
| Region | London | |
| Programme | Energy : Energy | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Prof A (Anthony ) Kucernak , Chemistry, Imperial College London (99.997%) |
| Other Investigator | Professor R Chen , Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering, Loughborough University (0.001%) Dr D Brett , Chemical Engineering, University College London (0.001%) Dr P Shearing , Chemical Engineering, University College London (0.001%) |
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| Industrial Collaborator | Project Contact , Intelligent Energy (0.000%) Project Contact , National Physical Laboratory (NPL) (0.000%) Project Contact , Arcola Energy Limited (0.000%) Project Contact , Amalyst Limited (0.000%) |
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| Objectives | ||
| Abstract | The goal of this Korea-UK research initiative is to address Research theme 1 (Innovative concepts from Electrodes to stack) of the EPSRC-KETEP Call for Collaborative Research with Korea on Fuel Cell Technologies. The proposal also covers some aspects of Research theme 2 (Predictive control for performance and degradation mitigation). Hence, this research is associated with improving the lifetime and performance of polymer electrolyte fuel cells.Within this project we will develop new corrosion resistant catalyst supports and catalyse those supports utilising a new catalysis technique. We will also examine the development of porous bipolar plates and see how we can integrate those bipolar plates and catalysts within a fuel cell. We will trial the materials in test stacks and look at the performance and longevity of these new materials. Parallel to this work, we will use state of the art x-ray tomography and other imaging techniques to assess the performance of the materials under real operating conditions. Information from these tests will allow us to develop a methodological framework to simulate the performance of the fuel cells. This framework will then be used to build more efficient control strategies for our higher performance fuel cell systems.We will also build a strong and long-lasting collaborative framework between Korea and the UK for both academic research and commercial trade. The project will benefit from the complementary strengths of the Korean and UK PEFC programmes, and represents a significant international activity in fuel cell research that includes a focus on the challenging issues of cost reduction and performance enhancement. The project will have particularly high impact and added value due to a strong personnel exchange programme with researchers spending several months in each other's labs; highly relevant industrial collaboration; and links with the H2FC Supergen. We have strong support from industrial companies in both the UK and Korea who will support our goals of developing new catalysts for fuel cells (Amalyst - UK, and RTX Corporation - Korea), new corrosion resistant porous bipolar plates (NPL-UK; Hyundai Hysco and Hankook tire (Korea)), and fuel cell and system integrators (Arcola Energy and Intelligent Energy (UK)). | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 06/01/15 | |
