Week 8 – Fuel Cell Data Center Blog

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For our fuel cell cooling system, we have received the coupling reducers and hose barbs. We have also put the fan and radiator stand together, and have cut the last piece of Unistrut for the fuel cell cooling system. Our fuel cell reconstruction is now complete and it can turn on and off to some extent. We will talk to a professional engineering in our laboratory facility about hooking up a 240 VAC single phase line to the exhaust fan, the hydrogen tanks to the Fuel Cell, and the coolant loop. Once the professional engineer has verified that everything looks correct and is safe, we will be able to do the hydrogen line.

For our MATLAB model, we have completed a levelized cost of electricity model. Based off of the levelized cost of electricity and the operation and maintenance cost of the fuel cell and electrolyzer, we can determine what our initial capital costs will be. We are currently looking for cost benefit analysis data associated with particulate matter reduction.

For our PV panel testing, we will attach the mounting brackets and solder the wires together. The circuit has been completed for the solar testing mount and we can begin testing. A purchase order for the unistrut has been written for the solar mountings.