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Apresenta-se a especificação, projeto e implementação de um controlador de célula flexível aplicado na manufatura, visando ser elemento de um sistema aberto de automação. Este trabalho apresenta uma metodologia de desenvolvimento, cujas fases possuem ferramentas de projeto como a especificação padrão, a análise estruturada e a simulação, que serviram para definir a arquitetura do controlador e a validação do mesmo. A implementação do controlador de célula foi baseada numa arquitetura aberta, e foram utilizados recursos computacionais cujas especificações e interfaces são definidas por padrões reconhecidos internacionalmente. Finalmente, o controlador de célula atingirá um alto grau de flexibilidade permitindo a adaptação do controlador a qualquer processo de manufatura de forma simples, e também poderá ser utilizado como equipamento para o ensino e pesquisa das técnicas modernas aplicadas a automação. / It presents the specification, design, and implementation of the flexible cell controller applied to manufacture, which will be element of the automation open systems. This work presents a suitable development a suitable development methodology, whose steps has design tools as standard specification, structure analysis, and the simulation, which was utilized to the architecture definition and validation of the cell controller. The implementation was based on the open architecture and were used computer resources whose specifications and interfaces are defined by international standards. Finally, the cell controller will achieve a great flexibility which permits the simple adaptation to every manufacture process, and will be an equipment for the education and research of the modern techniques applied to the automation.

Apresenta-se a especificação, projeto e implementação de um controlador de célula flexível aplicado na manufatura, visando ser elemento de um sistema aberto de automação. Este trabalho apresenta uma metodologia de desenvolvimento, cujas fases possuem ferramentas de projeto como a especificação padrão, a análise estruturada e a simulação, que serviram para definir a arquitetura do controlador e a validação do mesmo. A implementação do controlador de célula foi baseada numa arquitetura aberta, e foram utilizados recursos computacionais cujas especificações e interfaces são definidas por padrões reconhecidos internacionalmente. Finalmente, o controlador de célula atingirá um alto grau de flexibilidade permitindo a adaptação do controlador a qualquer processo de manufatura de forma simples, e também poderá ser utilizado como equipamento para o ensino e pesquisa das técnicas modernas aplicadas a automação. / It presents the specification, design, and implementation of the flexible cell controller applied to manufacture, which will be element of the automation open systems. This work presents a suitable development a suitable development methodology, whose steps has design tools as standard specification, structure analysis, and the simulation, which was utilized to the architecture definition and validation of the cell controller. The implementation was based on the open architecture and were used computer resources whose specifications and interfaces are defined by international standards. Finally, the cell controller will achieve a great flexibility which permits the simple adaptation to every manufacture process, and will be an equipment for the education and research of the modern techniques applied to the automation.

Fuel cells are electricity generators which convert chemical energy of hydrogen directly to electricity by means of electrochemical oxidation and reduction reactions. A single proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell can only generate electricity with a potential between 0.5V and 1V. The useful potential can be achieved by stacking cells in series to form a PEM fuel cell stack. There is a potential to utilize 100W class fuel cells. Fuelling is the major problem of the portable fuel cells. The aim of this thesis is to design and manufacture a PEM fuel cell stack which can be used for portable applications. The PEM fuel cell stack is planned to be incorporated to a NaBH4 hydrolysis reactor for H2 supply. Within the scope of this thesis a new coating technique called &ldquo / ultrasonic spray coating technique&rdquo / is developed for membrane electrode assembly (MEA) manufacturing. New metal and graphite bipolar plates are designed and manufactured by CNC technique. A fuel cell controller hardware is developed for fuel supply and system control. The power densities reached with the new method are 0.53, 0.74, 0.77, and 0.88 W/cm2 for 20%, 40%, 50%, 70% Pt/C catalyst by keeping 0.4mg Pt/cm2 platinum loading constant, respectively. The power density increase is 267% compared to &ldquo / spraying of catalyst ink with air pressure atomizing spray gun&rdquo / . All parts of the PEM fuel cell stack designed were produced, assembled, and tested. The current density reached is 12.9A at 12 V stack potential and the corresponding electrical power of the stack is 155W.