Elastomers are finding wider and wider applications throughout industry. For example, the automotive industry is continually attempting to improve fuel efficiency. The resulting reduction in body and engine weights put increasing pressure on suspension and sound insulation designers to meet the car buyers demands for improved ride quality and quiet cars. Designers are no longer satisfied with s...

“X-Ray Vision”: Taking a Hard Look at Fuel Sprays and Combustion Argonne researchers are collaborating on a close-up study of diesel spray patterns and soot formation using the Advanced Photon Source here at the Laboratory. The APS makes it possible for scientists to examine these phenomena closer than ever before. The knowledge gained could lead to better-performing, loweremission injectors fo...

The team assembled for this project will perform the following tasks: 1. Obtain representative samples of physical parameter sensors currently available to meet the targets specified in the fuel cells section of the Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Infrastructure Technologies Program (HFCIT) Multi-Year R,D&D Plan (MYP). 2. Design and construct a facility for testing physical and chemical sensors under ...

Fuel Cells are electrochemical devices that convert the chemical energy of a gaseous fuel directly into electricity. They are widely regarded as a potential future stationary and mobile power source. The response of a fuel cell system depends on the air and hydrogen feed, flow and pressure regulation, and heat and water management. In this paper, we develop a dynamic model suitable for the cont...

Chemical & Biological Engineering Department, Center for Micro-Engineered Materials, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, United States Zero Emission Research, Fuel cell and Battery Laboratory, Nissan Technical Center North America, Farmington Hills, MI 48331, United States Institut Charles Gerhardt de Montpellier, UMR 5253 CNRS Université de Montpellier, Agrégats, Interfaces et Mat...

Future fuel cell (FC) systems for automotive applications will significantly depend on the development and realization of efficient and reliable components. The screw compressor for charging of the FC stack constitutes one important component in the system. In the European project NFCCPP (Numerical Fuel Cell Component Performance Prediction tool) within the EC 5 FP, a modular simulation environ...

Fuel cell vehicles are the subject of extensive research and development because of their potential for high efficiency and low emissions. Because fuel cell vehicles remain expensive and the demand for hydrogen is therefore limited, very few fueling stations are being built. To try to accelerate the development of a hydrogen economy, some original equipment manufacturers (OEM) in the automotive...

abstract: a continuously variable transmission (cvt) is a transmission which may change step less by way of an infinite variety of effective gear ratios between maximum and minimum values. this contrasts with different mechanical transmissions that solely permit just a few different distinct gear ratios to be selected. continuously variable transmissions (cvts) are mechanical devices that allow...