Modeling and Simulation of Direct Methanol Fuel Cell

• Main Author: Keetasopon, Sofia
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi Petronas 2011
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/8936/1/2011-Modeling%20And%20Simulation%20Of%20Direct%20Methanol%20Fuel%20Cell.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/8936/

Direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) is a promising alternative technology due to its advantages provided over traditional power sources especially for portable electronic devices i.e. mobile phones, laptop. However, there are still a large number in research and development stages needed to be done to overcome several factors that may reduce the overall cell performance and efficiency. In this report, direct methanol fuel cell model is presented. The model is developed by using MATLAB software. The model result is proved that it is in good agreement with the experiment data. The model then used to investigate the effects of other parameters which are methanol concentration and air flow rate. The study revealed that both methanol concentration and air flow rate have effect to the direct methanol fuel cell performance