T. Romero, J. R. Flores, I. L. Albarrán, F. Loyola, Ulises Cano
{"title":"Study of the dynamics of a four-module fuel cell stack to be integrated in a hybrid electric power plant of a utility vehicle","authors":"T. Romero, J. R. Flores, I. L. Albarrán, F. Loyola, Ulises Cano","doi":"10.1109/CSMH.2016.7947657","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSMH.2016.7947657","url":null,"abstract":"A four-module PEM fuel cell stack was electrochemically characterized prior to its incorporation to a hybrid power plant of an electrical utility vehicle. The 3 kW fuel cell stack, comprised of 4 units of 100 membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) in an open-cathode and air-cooled configuration, was characterized in order to identify its optimum operational parameters. The open cathode configuration is a common approach to reduce parasitic loads and increase energy efficiency in fuel cells; however, the forced convection derives frequently to internal dehydration. Voltage reversal caused by lack of reactants, many times due to dehydration at the reaction sites (membrane-electrode interface) is a common failure source for this kind of configuration especially at high current demands. Therefore, water management becomes crucial for preventing fuel cell's performance decrease and permanent failure. Subsequently, a smart water management strategy had to be established prior to the power plant integration into the vehicle for the fuel cell's performance to be guaranteed during the vehicle duty cycle. For this purpose, a testing protocol was established for testing each module based on linear voltammetries, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and thermal images in order to observe cell's voltage and resistance as indicators of internal hydration, reactants concentration, and heat distribution during the stack operation. Polarization curves were obtained for each module and from them, the point (voltage, current, temperature and air vent) for steady operation was identified as the recommended condition for nominal performance during the fuel cell operation in the hybrid power plant of the electrical vehicle.","PeriodicalId":340003,"journal":{"name":"2016 XVI International Congress of the Mexican Hydrogen Society (CSMH)","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131232416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Melo, R. Benavides, G. Martínez, D. Morales-Acosta, L. Da Silva, M. Paula
{"title":"Effect of the scaling-up the reactions synthesis of the poly(styrene-co-acrylic acid) polyelectrolyte at laboratory level","authors":"L. Melo, R. Benavides, G. Martínez, D. Morales-Acosta, L. Da Silva, M. Paula","doi":"10.1109/CSMH.2016.7947660","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSMH.2016.7947660","url":null,"abstract":"Sulfonated styrene-acrylic acid copolymers have been used as an alternative polyelectrolyte membrane for applications in fuel cells. In this work, the raw copolymer has been prepared by a well studied solution copolymerization reaction method, but at two different capacity reactor conditions: 100 mL and 3 L. The main idea was to scale up the copolymer production for having enough material for future sulfonation reactions. The reaction conditions consisted of styrene/acrylic acid in a 94/6 % mol, BPO as radical initiator in a 0.045 % mol, divinyl benzene (DVB) as crosslinking agent at 0.25 %mol and the solvent diethyl benzene (DEB) in a 50/50 volume ratio with monomers. Temperature was kept at 90 °C and the system stirred at 200 rpm during 2 hours, for both reactors. Molecular weight of copolymers was obtained by means of GPC, glass transition (Tg) by DSC and decomposition temperature (Td) through TGA analysis.","PeriodicalId":340003,"journal":{"name":"2016 XVI International Congress of the Mexican Hydrogen Society (CSMH)","volume":"138 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121053648","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
O. M. Tzuc, A. Bassam, M. A. E. Soberanis, M. V. Caamal
{"title":"Optimization operation of a parabolic trough collector using artificial neural network","authors":"O. M. Tzuc, A. Bassam, M. A. E. Soberanis, M. V. Caamal","doi":"10.1109/CSMH.2016.7947661","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSMH.2016.7947661","url":null,"abstract":"The present work describes the thermal efficiency optimization of parabolic trough collectors by combining a model of artificial neural network and computational optimization techniques. A feedforward neural network architecture is trained using experimental database from parabolic trough collector operations. Rim angle, inlet and outlet fluid temperatures, ambient temperature, water flow, direct solar radiation, and wind velocity were used as main input variables within the neural network model to estimate the thermal performance. The optimal operation conditions of parabolic trough collectors are established using the hybridization of optimization technique with neural network model to achieve optimal operation conditions of parabolic trough collector. The result indicated that methodology implemented is a feasible tool for parabolic trough collectors optimization.","PeriodicalId":340003,"journal":{"name":"2016 XVI International Congress of the Mexican Hydrogen Society (CSMH)","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130876745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. A. Ramírez-Herrera, J. G. Cabañas-Moreno, O. Solorza-Feria, J. Pérez-González, A. Flores-Vela, N. Romero-Partida
{"title":"Preparation and properties of polypropylene-carbon nanotubes nanocomposites for application in bipolar plates","authors":"C. A. Ramírez-Herrera, J. G. Cabañas-Moreno, O. Solorza-Feria, J. Pérez-González, A. Flores-Vela, N. Romero-Partida","doi":"10.1109/CSMH.2016.7947656","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSMH.2016.7947656","url":null,"abstract":"Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) have the potential to play a major role as energy sources for transportation and portable applications because they feature high power density at relatively low operating temperatures. Bipolar plates are a key component of PEMFCs in terms of cost and weight. To date, many different materials for bipolar plates have been investigated and an alternative solution consists in carbon nanotubes (CNTs)-filled polymer nanocomposites which combine the good processability, high corrosion resistance and good mechanical properties of polymers with the excellent electrical and other functional properties of the CNTs. However, a preferential distribution of well dispersed CNTs forming conductive 3D networks is required to successfully exploit their potential. In this work, polypropylene (PP)-multi-walled CNTs (MWCNTs) nanocomposites have been prepared by melt-blending using different loadings (1, 2 and 5 wt.%) of MWCNTs and processing conditions. The microstructure and properties of these nanocomposites have been characterized on molded plates of 1.5 mm thickness. The state of dispersion of the MWCNTs in the polymer matrix is investigated by SEM and optical confocal microscopy and the electrical properties of the nanocomposites are measured in order to find the electrical percolation threshold.","PeriodicalId":340003,"journal":{"name":"2016 XVI International Congress of the Mexican Hydrogen Society (CSMH)","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116814918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Alcántara-Díaz, S. Fernández-Valverde, J. Gómora-Hernández, M. C. Hernández-Berriel
{"title":"Biohydrogen production by anaerobic digestion of corn cob and stem of faba bean hydrolysates","authors":"D. Alcántara-Díaz, S. Fernández-Valverde, J. Gómora-Hernández, M. C. Hernández-Berriel","doi":"10.1109/CSMH.2016.7947659","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSMH.2016.7947659","url":null,"abstract":"Biomass waste for hydrogen production is an important goal for the Hydrogen Economy. In this paper is reported the research of corn cob and stem of faba bean agricultural waste by hydrolysis for sugar production. Acid hydrolysis was performed in 1 g of dried raw material per 15 mL of different H3PO4 acid solutions heated at 100°C and 130°C during 2 h. The sugar yield was determined by dinitro salicylic acid technique. The maximum sugar recovery calculated in g of sugar per g of raw material were 0.43 and 0.17 for corncob and faba bean stalk respectively. For fermentation, hydrolysates were mixed in sealed vials with culture medium in anoxic atmosphere, an inoculum of 0.05 mL of Clostridium butyricum and 0.05 mL of Enterobacter cloacae was used, the vials were incubated at 37°C, two samples were taken every 2 h. The cell growing was monitored using a Petroff-Hausser counting chamber, hydrogen production was determined by gas chromatography and pH was also determined for each sample. In both substrates the cell growing lag time was 4 hours and after 11 hours hydrogen production was detected. The saccharide-biohydrogen production yields for sugars obtained from the hydrolysates were calculated according to the 2.75 mol H2 per mol glucose reported experimentally in mexican fruits and vegetable waste. They were 18.9% and 12% for corncob and faba bean stem respectively.","PeriodicalId":340003,"journal":{"name":"2016 XVI International Congress of the Mexican Hydrogen Society (CSMH)","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128259614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Contreras-López, E. Hernández-Hernández, C. Cortés-Escobedo, J. S. Ana-Téllez, W. Martínez-Velazco
{"title":"Electroless nickel plating process in electrodes for use in oxi-hydrogen reactors","authors":"L. Contreras-López, E. Hernández-Hernández, C. Cortés-Escobedo, J. S. Ana-Téllez, W. Martínez-Velazco","doi":"10.1109/CSMH.2016.7947662","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSMH.2016.7947662","url":null,"abstract":"It was found that when a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen in the fuel gas stream is injected, either gasoline or diesel, it increases its combustion efficiency decreasing at the same time the pollutant emissions of fuels without burning into the atmosphere and saving from 10 up to 30% on fuel. In order to obtain this gaseous mixture, reactors oxyhydrogen operating in conditions in which the engine operates has been developed. A part important of these reactors are the electrodes that should count with characteristics as high resistance to the corrosion, high electronic conductivity and high surface area. This work presents the construction of electrodes for oxyhydrogen reactors with different characteristics, allowing to increase life time while maintaining the efficiency of the reactors. For this electroless nickel plating method was select to deposit a thick coating on aluminum and brass substrates at different bath times. Structural and morphological characterization is presented and discussed. The results obtained by X-ray diffraction and optical microscopy, showed that both materials to favor the deposition of nickel. It can be concluded that the time of deposition of 4, 6 and 8 hours not significantly influences the amount of nickel deposited on the material in reference with X-ray analysis.","PeriodicalId":340003,"journal":{"name":"2016 XVI International Congress of the Mexican Hydrogen Society (CSMH)","volume":"81 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121774436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Computational analysis of the machining and design parameters in the flow conditions of the electrodes in the PEM Cells","authors":"David Delgado, H. Okuno","doi":"10.1109/CSMH.2016.7947658","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CSMH.2016.7947658","url":null,"abstract":"This paper shows a comparative analysis of the effect of the machining angle through the simulations of non-isothermal multidimensional fields flow though electrodes for proton exchange membrane (PEM) cell. Different designs of channel (coil, parallel and pin-type), positions of the inlet feed gas, just as the effect of curvature machined into different sections of the channels according to some relevant aspects as the relation between the channel dimensions were used. The flow analysis is performed to determine the following: pressure load losses, gas distribution, gas velocity in the electrode and the residence time. The research was developed using computer-aided design (CAD) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software, and the results were compared with experimental data in the literature.","PeriodicalId":340003,"journal":{"name":"2016 XVI International Congress of the Mexican Hydrogen Society (CSMH)","volume":"393 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131815566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}