Investigation of membrane electrode assembly (MEA) hot pressing parameters for proton exchange membrane fuel cell 07英文电子书.pdf

ARTICLE IN PRESS Energy 32 (2007) 2401–2411 /locate/energy Investigation of membrane electrode assembly (MEA) hot-pressing parameters for proton exchange membrane fuel cell a, b c Apichai Therdthianwong , Phochan Manomayidthikarn , Supaporn Therdthianwong a Constructionism-Chemical Engineering Practice School (C-ChEPS), King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, 126 Pracha-Uthit Road, Bangmod, Tungkru, Bangkok 10140, Thailand b The Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, 126 Pracha-Uthit Road, Bangmod, Tungkru, Bangkok 10140, Thailand cDepartment of Chemical Engineering, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, 126 Pracha-Uthit Road, Bangmod, Tungkru, Bangkok 10140, Thailand Received 6 November 2006 Abstract The hot-pressing conditions for fabricating the membrane electrode assembly (MEA) of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) was investigated by using a 2n full factorial design. Time, temperature and pressure were key parameters that were varied from 500 to 1500 psi, 1 to 5 min and 100 to 160 1C, respectively. The results from the full factorial analysis indicated that the order of significance of the main MEA fabricating effects was temperature, pressure,