Pluijm, Martijn van der (2019) Development of a fuel cell vehicle with on-board hydrogen production by nanoporous aluminum. Master's Thesis / Essay, Applied Physics.
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Abstract
Due to the ever-increasing usage of power by humans, more and more greenhouse gasses are added to the atmosphere every year. Because of this, alternative ways for the production of this power needs to be found. In this work, steps towards a more hydrogen-based economy are made. Companies and startups like Hydropore and Elysis are finding a way towards a carbon-free and cost-effective hydrogen production. To achieve this, the possibilities of the use of nanoporous aluminum has been researched and applications have been developed. With the high surface-to-volume ratio of nanoporous aluminum, because of its nanometer sized ligaments, a very fast reaction with water is present when the two are combined. With this, hydrogen can be generated on-board fast enough for multiple applications. Here, optimizations of the nanoporous aluminum have been researched by changing the size of these nanometer sized ligaments. A light electric vehicle has been modified with a fuel cell to be able to run on hydrogen, and thus nanoporous aluminum. The project is therefore appropriately named the Nanoporous Aluminum Fuel Cell Car project, or in short, the NAFCAR project. Although not completely finished, a well-established base has been laid for further development on this project, and the optimization of the nanoporous aluminum.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master's Thesis / Essay) |
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| Supervisor name: | Hosson, J.T.M. de |
| Degree programme: | Applied Physics |
| Thesis type: | Master's Thesis / Essay |
| Language: | English |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Nov 2019 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Nov 2023 10:53 |
| URI: | https://fse.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/21251 |
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