Ayham Maadi

ChNE 101
Fall 2013, Chemical Engineering Lab Fuel Cell Demo
Data collection and calculations:
Cell Voltage (V)

Cell Current (mA)

Cell Density (A/cm^2)

Power (W)

8.53

8.35

8.3

0.0000247

0.0691

8.28

10.4

0.0000310

0.0861

8.15

13.8

0.0000411

0.1125

8.07

40.5

0.0001208

0.3268

7.96

78.7

0.0002346

0.6265

7.87

97.8

0.0002916

0.7697

7.75

128.0

0.0003816

0.9920

7.57

185.3

0.0005525

1.4027

7.10

335.6

0.0010006

2.3828

6.60

587.6

0.0017519

3.8782

6.32

685.7

0.0020444

4.3336

6.05

855.9

0.0025519

5.1782

5.45

1083

0.0032290

5.9024

3.80

1790

0.0053369

6.8020

2.94

2255

0.0067233

6.6297

2.34

2478

0.0073882

5.7986

1.97

2480

0.0073942

4.8856

2. Record total fuel cell surface area

335.4 cm^2

4. Plot Cell Voltage (y-axis) vs. Current Density (x-axis) to obtain a polarization curve
(see Figure 3a).

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5. Now that you have a polarization curve, you can plot a power curve for the fuel cell!
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Plot Power (W) as the y-axis and current density (A/cm ) as the x-axis (see Figure 3b).
Power can be calculated as voltage x current.