Research on renewable energy at PSGiTech focuses on Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cells and Solar Thermal Conversion technologies.
Facilities are available for the design, fabrication and testing of single PEM fuel cells and for stack. The heart of PEM fuel cell is the Membrane Electrode Assembly (MEA). Three layer MEA can be fabricated using the vacuum coating facility available in the lab. Five layer MEA also can be prepared by coating the catalyst ink on to the Gas Diffusion Layer directly and by hot pressing it with the treated membrane. Different flow channels on the graphite plates can be machined using the CNC milling facility available in the lab. The cell can be assembled at the required torque using torque wrench. The Fuel cell test station facility can be used to test the fabricated cell for analysing the performance. Small stacks can also be designed and tested in the lab.
Solar thermal (parabolic dish and trough collectors) are designed for desired heating of water and air for different applications. Since solar energy is intermittent, work is also going on to store it using phase change materials.
Computational studies are also carried out in the lab for complementing the experimental studies. Computational studies are carried out in the areas of PEM fuel cells, Solar thermal and Electronic Cooling applications.
Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Research Areas
PEM Fuel Cells, Computational Fluid Dynamics
Assistant Professor (Sl. Gr.),
Mechanical Engineering
Research Areas
Solar Thermal, PEM Fuel Cells, Energy auditing
Assistant Professor (Sr. Gr.),
Mechanical Engineering
Research Areas
Computational Fluid Dynamics, Electronic Cooling
Junior Research Fellow
Junior Research Fellow
Project Assistant
Development of Cost-Effective 2.5 kW PEM Fuel Cell Stack based on Less-Pt Bimetallic Electrocatalysts and Mesoporous Carbon support materials
Development of durable, mesoporous, TiN@nitrogen doped carbon nanostructured support materials with less Pt electrocatalysts for high performance, low cost PEM fuel cells.
