{"id":12,"date":"2017-07-10T21:34:34","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T12:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.30.5\/wordpress\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2019-04-04T16:38:54","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T07:38:54","slug":"index-en","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/192.168.30.5\/wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"height: 10px; width: 903px; border-style: none;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 10px;\">\n<td style=\"border-style: none; text-align: center; height: 10px; width: 300px;\"><div id=\"metaslider-id-151\" style=\"max-width: 390px;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-27-3 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-151 ml-slider\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_151\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_151\">\n            <ul aria-live=\"polite\" class=\"slides\">\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-153 ms-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mech.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/~fcsl\/en\/research\/\" target=\"_self\"><img src=\"http:\/\/192.168.30.5\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_1355s-390x293.jpg\" height=\"293\" width=\"390\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-151 slide-153\" \/><\/a><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">High Performance Polymer Electrolyte Water Electrolysis (PEWE)<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; 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width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-160 ms-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mech.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/~fcsl\/en\/research\/\" target=\"_self\"><img src=\"http:\/\/192.168.30.5\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/RIMG1251-234x176.jpg\" height=\"293\" width=\"390\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-158 slide-160\" \/><\/a><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Air and Vapor Permeation Evaluations of High Performance Microporous Layers for the Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell (PEFC, PEMFC)<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: none; text-align: center; height: 10px; width: 300px;\"><div id=\"metaslider-id-169\" style=\"max-width: 390px;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-27-3 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-169 ml-slider\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_169\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_169\">\n            <ul aria-live=\"polite\" class=\"slides\">\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-170 ms-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1007\/s00231-017-2154-9\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"http:\/\/192.168.30.5\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/honeycomb-dm-390x293.png\" height=\"293\" width=\"390\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-169 slide-170\" \/><\/a><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Anode-Supported Honeycomb Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Testing<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; 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border-style: none; text-align: left;\"><span class=\"got fsize_l\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Electrochemical energy converter, such as the fuel cell and the electrolyzer, can work with high efficiency and have an excellent reliability with low noise. These outstanding features of the fuel cell and the electrolyzer motivate us to utilize them as a main energy converter in the next generation. Although a part of them has been commercialized, more cost-reduction, durability and performance are required to be addressed. Against this background, our laboratory conducts R&amp;D for the fuel cell and the electrolyzer based on the mechanical engineering approach as follows:<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: none; width: 181.758px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-138\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.30.5\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/channel-2a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"http:\/\/192.168.30.5\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/channel-2a.jpg 180w, http:\/\/192.168.30.5\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/channel-2a-159x120.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: none; width: 193.008px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.30.5\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/channel-2b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"202\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"menuh\">\n<div class=\"menu-e\">\n<div class=\"mbox\">\n<div class=\"mwrap top\"><span class=\"li1 nolink\" style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"mn1\"><span class=\"got\">Elucidation of mass, heat and charge transports in a fuel cell.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mwrap\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"li1 nolink\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"mn1\"><span class=\"got\">Development of diagnosis and visualization techn<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"li1 nolink\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"mn1\"><span class=\"got\">iques.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mwrap btm\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"li1 nolink\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"mn1\"><span class=\"got\">New\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">proposals<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">: optimization, sophisticated systems.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"got\">As a recent topic, our team has succeeded to obtain 3D temperature distribution in a polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC, PEMFC) by thin in-line thermocouples with fine positioning. It figured out that the temperature under the channel was higher than that under the rib. This result connects to the understanding of water behavior, leading to an appropriate water management. <\/span><span class=\"got\">In addition, humidifier-less technique has been developed for cost-reduction for the PEFC. We built in a gas circulation and humidity recover system into a cell, with newly designed gas diffusion layer which contains both hydrophobic and hydrophilic microporous layers. These efforts will realize high performance PEFCs without humidifiers. <\/span><span class=\"got\">Moreover, our electrochemical impedance spectroscopy technique helps to grasp the heat sources in the solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) during operation. The heat sources have been formulated with thermal modeling, which can estimate temperature and current distribution in unit cell. This result is accessible for the control of thermal stress and the effective use of electrodes.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Electrochemical energy converter, such as the fuel cell and the electrolyzer, can work with high efficiency and have an excellent reliability with low noise. These outstanding features of the fuel cell and the electrolyzer motivate us to utilize them as a main energy converter in the next generation. Although a part of them has been commercialized, more cost-reduction, durability and performance are required to be addressed. Against this background, our laboratory conducts R&amp;D for the fuel cell and the electrolyzer based on the mechanical engineering approach as follows: &nbsp; Elucidation of mass, heat and charge transports in a fuel cell. Development of diagnosis and visualization techniques. New\u00a0proposals: optimization, sophisticated systems. &nbsp; As a recent topic, our team has succeeded to obtain 3D temperature distribution in a polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC, PEMFC) by thin in-line thermocouples with fine positioning. It figured out that the temperature under the channel was higher than that under the rib. This result connects to the understanding of water behavior, leading to an appropriate water management. In addition, humidifier-less technique has been developed for cost-reduction for the PEFC. 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