Preliminary Program subject to change
10A07 Design & Optimization of Fuel Cell Systems
OverviewPresentations are solicited in the general area of design and optimization of fuel cell systems. Fundamental and applied papers from component to system level for all types of fuel cells and fuel cell systems are of interest. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, electrolyte, electrode and flow field designs, stack designs and balance of plant designs. Of particular interest are papers proposing generalized design/optimization schemes that can be applied or adapted to a variety of applications.
Primary SponsorSystems and Process Design (10a)

Chair

Donald J. Chmielewski
Assistant Professor
Illinois Institute of Technology
Suite 127, Perlstein Hall
10 West 33rd Street
Chicago, IL 60616
Phone Number: 312-567-3537
Fax Number: 312-567-8874
Email: chmielewski@iit.edu

CoChair

Kurt VandenBussche
UOP LLC
25 E. Algonquin Road
Des Plaines, IL 60017
Phone Number: 847-375-7073
Fax Number: 847-391-3550
Email: Kurt.VandenBussche@uop.com
Optimal Start-up of Micro Power Generation Processes Employing Fuel Cells
Benoit Chachuat, Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 66-363, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Alexander Mitsos, Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 66-363, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139 and Paul I. Barton, Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 66-464, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, U.S.A.
Optimizing Model Complexity for System Level Models of Fuel Cell Power Systems
karthik Subramanyan, Vishwamitra Research Institute, 901 S Ashland Ave., Apt 313 A, Chicago, IL 60607 and Urmila Diwekar, Center for Uncertain Systems: Tools for Optimization and Management (CUSTOM), Vishwamitra Research Institute, Westmont, IL 60559
Study of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (Pemfc) Using Detailed Models for Electrode Structure Optimization
R. Madhusudana Rao and Raghunathan Rengaswamy, Chemical Engineering, Clarkson University, 8 Clarkson Avenue, Box 5707, Potsdam, NY 13699
Optimal Heat Exchanger Network Design for Rapid Start-up Operation of Fuel Cell Systems
Masaru Noda and Hirokazu Nishitani, Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama-cho, Ikoma, 630-0192, Japan
Simplifying PEM Fuel Cell Models without Compromising on Accuracy
Vinten Diwakar and Venkat Subramanian, Chemical Engineering, Tennessee Technological University, 1020 Stadium Drive, Prescott Hall Room 307, Cookeville, TN 38505
Sustainable Power Measurement for a Microbial Fuel Cell
Joseph Anthony Menicucci Jr.1, Haluk Beyenal1, Enrico Marsili2, Raaja Raajan Angathevar Veluchamy1, Goksel Demir3 and Zbigniew Lewandowski4, (1)Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Montana State University-Bozeman, 366 EPS Building, P.O. Box 173980 Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, (2)Department of Science, Technology, and Society, Utrecht University--Copernicus Institute, Willem C. Van Unnikgebouw, Room 1006, Utrecht, Netherlands, (3)Department of Environmental Engineering, Istanbul University, Avcılar, 34320, Istanbul, Turkey, (4)Department of Civil Engineering, Montana State University-Bozeman, 366 EPS Building, P.O. Box 173980 Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717

Computing and Systems Technology Division