Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell stack requires gaskets and seals in each cell to keep the hydrogen and air/oxygen within their respective regions. The stability of the gaskets is critical to the operating life as well as the electrochemical performance of the fuel cell. Chemical degradation of five elastomeric gasket materials in a simulated and an aggressive accelerated fuel cell solution at PEM operating temperature for up to 63 weeks was investigated in this work. The five materials are Copolymeric Resin (CR), Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR), Fluorosilicone Rubber (FSR), Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer Rubber (EPDM), and Fluoroelastomer Copolymer (FKM). In order to assess the durability of the materials, observation of chemical degradation level, dynamic mechanical analysis, and micro-indentation test were adopted in this study.
This experimental result showed that the influence of the chemical reaction could affect the material surface condition. Also, the chemical reaction could affect material¡¦s mechanical properties had been changed over the soaking time.
By considering the level of chemical degradation and mechanical properties, the experimental results showed that EPDM is recommended as the best choice of sealing material for using in a PEMFC.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0603111-170829 |
| Date | 03 June 2011 |
| Creators | Lin, Chih-Wei |
| Contributors | C.H. Chien, Y.F. Chen, J.H. Kuang, S.S. Hsieh, M.H. Jen, M.J. Huang, T. N. Shiau |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0603111-170829 |
| Rights | off_campus_withheld, Copyright information available at source archive |
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