A Numerical Investigation of The Fracture Energy of Materials for Fuel Cell End Plates

Nowadays, with increasing energy requirements, the use of clean resources has become important. Fuel cells are an important key for technology due to wide range utilization areas such as automotive, portable power applications, electricity generation, space, aviation and naval technologies. Additionally, they have many significant properties not producing harmful gases, therefore do cause environmental chemical pollution. Besides, any moving parts, also produce noise. By comparison fossil fuel, fuel high efficiency that reaches up 60% in appropriate conditions. Proton Exchange Membrane Cell (PEMFC) advantages than other cell types simple structure, higher low operating temperature. PEMFC may consist one or more stacks generate electricity. End plate holds together all parts it. Therefore, material selection end is provide safe To safely, investigation fracture required decide conditions not. There three modes which mode I, II III. methods investigate failure at different modes. Unlike methods, Arcan specimen gives facility evaluate mixed The main purpose this paper was compare results (stain release rate) materials plates cells. Another goal select a sutitable selected plate.