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EPSRC Reference:	GR/K58760/01
Title:	THE DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELL - A PROPOSAL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PROTOTYPE STACK
Principal Investigator:	Scott, Professor K
Other Investigators:	Christensen, Professor P Hamnett, Professor A Jack, Professor A
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Department:	School of Chemistry
Organisation:	Newcastle University
Scheme:	Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts:	09 October 1995	Ends:	08 October 1998	Value (£):	208,737
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Fuel Cell Technologies
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	Energy No relevance to Underpinning Sectors
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Recent work in Newcastle and elsewhere has led to significant improvements in the anode performance of the DMFC. As a result small single cell units have been constructed with energy densities of c.0.2 Wcm-2 for oxygen and greater than 0.1 Wcm-2 for air cathodes. This performance is sufficient to envisage the construction of practical prototypes of DMFC's in order to explore the difficulties inherent in scaling up this technology. A liquid-feed system has been chosen to control thermal effects, and close collaboration is envisaged between chemists, electrochemical engineers and electrical engineers in the testing, modelling and evaluation of a small prototype. From the experience of operating this, a larger practical unit is planned.
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