Fuel Cell Technology ME 495 and ME 499 2008 Reporting Requirements UWME Design for Environment Homepage Instructor: Associate Professor Joyce Smith Cooper (cooper@me.washington.edu); office hours Thursdays 10-noon and by appointment in MEB 304 Lectures: Class meetings, MW 4pm in MEB G031 Introductory lecture: Bipolar Plates as an example using the ME design process (in pdf) Student website: http://depts.washington.edu/fuelcell Related Publications: 1. Mehta, V., J.S. Cooper, “Review and analysis of PEM fuel cell design and manufacturing,” Journal of Power Sources, 114 (1) 32-53 (2003) 2. Cooper, J.S., “Performance Analysis of the Use and Recycling of Platinum and Other Catalyst Metals in PEM Fuel Cell Vehicles.” Proceedings for the Air & Waste Management Association’s 96th Annual Conference and Exhibition, June 22-25 (2003) 3. Cooper, J.S., “Recyclability of Fuel Cell Power Trains,” Proceedings of the SAE 2004 World Congress, 2004-01-1136 (2004) 4. Cooper, J.S. “Design Analysis of PEMFC Bipolar Plates Considering Stack Manufacturing and Environmental Impact,” Journal of Power Sources, 129, 152-169 (2004) 5. Wincewicz, K.C., J.S. Cooper, “Review and analysis of SOFC design and manufacturing alternatives,” Journal of Power Sources, 140, 280-296 (2005)  PAST STUDENT REPORTS Bipolar Plate Design Earlier machined plate reports at the front desk of the Chemistry Library Spring 2002 (molded plates) Summer 2002 (molded plates) Spring 2003 (molded plates, plate testing) Bipolar Plate Machining (code) Winter 2006 (molded plates) Main report MSDSs Cost analysis Test data Compression data Plate files Spring 2006 (composite/ stainless) Main report Mold files MEA Production Autumn 2002 Winter 2003 Spring 2003 (MEA printing, appendix A, appendix D) Spring 2004 Lab Processes Spring 2005 Electrical schematic and mechanical schematic Design of Experiments (and supporting data) Spring 2006 Resistivity Testing (see equipment and notebook in lab) Stack design Spring 2005 Stack design Fuel Cell Applications Spring 2005 Fuel Cell Bicycle FUEL CELL TEXTS Thomas, S., M. Zalbowitz, Fuel Cells Green Power, Los Alamos National Laboratory publication (pdf available at http://education.lanl.gov/resources/fuelcells/) The Fuel Cells 2000 website (http://www.fuelcells.org/) and library (http://www.fuelcells.org/biblio.htm) including: EG&G Services and SAIC (2000) Fuel Cell Handbook Fifth Edition, prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy (pdf available at (http://www.fuelcells.org/info/library/fchandbook.pdf) For more information, contact Associate Professor Joyce Smith Cooper at cooper@me.washington.edu