This study investigates the enhancement of the oxygen diffusion rate in the cathode channel of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) by pure oscillating flow, which is the same as the mechanism of human breathe. Three-dimensional numerical simulation, which has the full model of the fuel cell including electrochemical reaction, ion and electronic conduction, mass transfer and thermal variation and so on, is performed to show the phenomena in the channel at the case of a steady state. This model could analysis the oscillating flow as a moving mesh calculation coupled with electrochemical reaction on the catalyst layer, however, it needs a lot of calculation time for each case. The two dimensional numerical simulation has carried on for the study of oscillating flow effect in the cathode channel of PEMFC in order to reduce the calculation time. This study shows the diffusion rate of the oxygen increased and the emission rate of the water vapor increased in the channel by oscillating flow without any forced flow.

This research is to investigate the performance analysis of methanol fuel cell for flow channel with four different types of the channel (Serpentine I, II, Inter-digitated, Parallel) in the fuel cell stack. Velocity, pressure, temperature and density distributions of fluid over the flow domain of the flow channel are numerically calculated for the optimum design of flow channel with uniform inlet velocity. According to better water discharge and mutual gas reaction with low pressure drop and high density difference between inlet and outlet in the flow channel, Serpentine I type is of highest performance of the flow channel shapes in the present methanol fuel cell models.

This research is to investigate the performance analysis of fuel cell for flow channel with four different types of the channel (Serpentine I, II, Inter-digitated, Parallel) in the fuel cell stack. Velocity, pressure. and temperature distributions of fluid over the flow domain of the flow channel are numerically calculated for the optimum design of flow channel with unifrom inlet velocity. According to the calculations of low pressure drop between inlet and outlet in the flow channel, Serpentine I type is of highest performance of the flow channel shapes in the present fuel cell model.

A numerical analysis was performed to study PEMFC performance characteristics depending on the flow direction of cathode reactant gas, cathode relative humidity, and porosity of gas diffusion layer. As cathode relative humidity decreases and porosity increases, current density increases due to better diffusion of reactant gas to cathode surface. As current density increases, power density increases initially and then decreases with its maximum located around current density value of 2.2 Amperes per square centimeter. From the analysis of current density distribution inside membrane, the counter-flow cases show more uniform profile across the membrane than the co-flow cases due to more uniform reactant gas supply.

This study is focused on the channel design of bipolar plate in the electrode of hydrogen gas generator. The characteristics of hydrogen gas generation was studied in view of efficiency of hydrogen gas generation rate and a tendency of gas flow through the riv design of electrode. Since the flow rate and flow pattern of generated gas in the two phase flow system are the most crucial in determining the efficiency of hydrogen gas generator, we adopted the commercial analytical program of COMSOL MultiphysicsTM to calculate the theoretical flow rate of hydrogen gas from the outlet of gas generator and flow pattern of two phase fluid in the electrode. In this study, liquid electrolyte flows into the bipolar plate and decomposed into gas phase, two phase flow simulation is applied to measure the efficiency of hydrogen gas generation.

This study is focused on the channel design of bipolar plate in the electrode of hydrogen gas generator. The characteristics of hydrogen gas generation was studied in view of efficiency of hydrogen gas generation rate and a tendency of gas flow through the riv design of electrode. Since the flow rate of generated gas is the most crucial in determining the efficiency of hydrogen gas generator, we adopted the commercial analytical program of COMSOL MultiphysicsTM to calculate the theoretical flow rate of hydrogen gas from the outlet of gas generator.

미세조류를 activated sludge와 co-culture시켜 N, P 처리효율을 향상시키는 시도가 활발하다. 이에 따라 co-cultrue 상태에서 미세조류의 활성을 평가하기 위한 method가 필요한데, 과거 대부분의 연구에서는 인공폐수성상을 제조 후, organic carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus 제거량을 통한 미세조류의 활성을 평가하였다. 그러나 위 방법으로는 미세조류의 활성도를 정확하게 정량적으로 측정하여 평가하기에는 한계가 있었다. 위문제점을 해결하기 위해 flow cytometry를 이용하여 미세조류와 activated sludge의 co-culture sample을 제조하여 cell counting 및 미세조류의 활성도를 정량적으로 평가 가능한 protocol을 개발하고자 했다. Flow cytometry 란 장치 내에 존재하는 가느다란 관에서 고속으로 흐르는 세포에 레이저 광을 조사하여 각각의 cell에서 발생되는 반사, 산란광을 순간적으로 측정하여 cell을 선별, 수집하는 기능을 갖는 장치를 말한다. 대부분의 cell live, dead 활성도 평가 논문이 flow cytometry로 측정한 data가 활발히 이용되고 있다. 미세조류와 activated sludge cell의 가장 큰 차이점은 cell 내에 chlorophyll 의 포함 여부이며, 위 차이점을 이용하여 flow cytometry를 이용해 cell을 구별했다. Chlorophyll에 630nm 이상의 빛을 조사하게 되면 excited state가 되고, excited electron이 낮은 전위로 이동할 때 fluorescence를 방출한다. 이를 flow cytometry의 fluorescence detector가 인지하여 상대적으로 낮은 fluorescence를 가지는 activated sludge와 높은 fluorescence를 가지는 미세조류를 구분하고, cell membrane이 손상된 dead cell 만을 염색하는 SYTOX Green 염색시약을 sample에 주입하여 live, dead cell을 구별하고 활성도를 평가하는 것이 가능함을 확인하였다.

The simulated dyes solution containing Basic Red 46(BR 46), Yellow 21(Y 21), and Maxilon Blue 30(MB 30) were electrochemically oxidized using carbon fiber as an anode. The electrolyses were performed in a electrolytic flow cell constructed by Vycor glass tube. The carbon fiber was positioned in the inside of Vycor glass tube and platinum wire coiled around outside of tube as a cathode. Several operating variables, such as current, time, pH and flow rate of solution were studied. Increasing current density would lead to a corresponding increase in the dye removal efficiency 99.2 % at a 200 mA. The electrolyses time could also improve and removal efficiency was about 99 % after 1.5 hours of electrolyses. The removal efficiency was increased with the increase of flow rate of solution and optimum flow rate was 5 mL/min. THe pHs of solution affect the removal efficiency. The removal efficiency was decreased with the increase of pH of solution and optimum pH was 5.05 (0.1 M KNO3).