Mission
This Unit has modern research facilities with state-of-the-art equipment for conducting applied research in switching/analogue power circuits and fuel cell technology relevant to industrial needs. It focuses on advanced switch mode power conversion with handling power rating up to 1 kW and fuel cell technology and applications, and provides practical training to students in the school.
Core Technology
Advanced switch mode power conversion with handling power rating up to 1 kW, conversant with flat/planar transformer, synchronous rectification, active PFC, power simulator design. Fuel cell technology applications. LabVIEW applications.
| Title | The System Integration of the Miniature Fuel Cell for the handphone battery charger | |
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| Description | lightweight, compact in design, and generates very little heat, just the PEMFC. By proper management of the water and heat output, the system is able to maintain its output power which is delivered to the Dc-Dc converter. The picture below shows how small the miniature fuel cell is, at only 60 x 24 x 8 mm.
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| Team: | 1. Dr. Narissara Bussayajarn(narissarab@SIMTech.a-star.edu.sg) SIMTech, A*star 2. Dr. Han Ming (minghan@tp.edu.sg)FCC, Temasek Polytechnic |
| Title | Design and Development of a Scalable Fuel Cell Power Plant | |
| Objectives | To design a scalable power plant using low temperature fuel cell through hydrogen generated by alternative energy source. This project will (I) explore the following as a source to generate hydrogen:
(a)The use of photo voltaic cell (b)The use of natural gas (c)The use of tap water (in a more effective way) (II)explore the use of low temperature fuel cell (PEM) as a scalable power source for use in commercial power plant. (III)integrate the fuel cell and the reformer/electrolyser to produce a functional power system capable of driving any commercial load to reduce the cost of electrical | |
| Description | In Singapore sunlight is available for more than 8 hours a day and is a natural candidate for consideration as an alternative source of energy. Although it is highly abundant here, it suffers the set back that it has only intermittent availability. This could be overcome by the use of solar electricity and other intermittent energy sources like wind power, tidal power etc. This project will integrate the use of all these sources through the use of fuel cell to produce continuous availability. In this approach, the input source of fuel is Hydrogen. The alternative source of energy is used to produce Hydrogen which is stored. The system will accept any intermittent and varying electric power to produce hydrogen through the process of electrolysis. To augment any shortfall, Hydrogen is co-generated by reforming the natural gas. This process is illustrated in Figure 1.
Figure 1 - Scalable Alternative Energy Source Power Plant |
| Title | The Characteristics Study of PEM Fuel Cell as a Telecom Backup Power Supply | |
| Objective | To investigate the transient behavior of the PEM fuel cell. Based on the fuel cell equivalent model in planar form, the parameters such as equivalent resistor and capacitor were fitted out and calculated. The effects of fuel cell structure and operation conditions were also studied. | |
| Status | Completed |
| Title | Solar 1 (Cambodia project) | |
| Objectives | This project consists of two similar solar lighting systems. The larger drives a 24V, 72W security lighting system which was installed at the Hope orphanage in Prey Veng, Cambodia. The smaller is a normal 12V, 24W lighting system to be installed at Temasek Polytechnic’s barbeque pit. These systems use renewable energy from the sun to generate electricity in the day. The energy generated is stored in batteries and used by the lamps at night. The systems use charge controllers for optimum energy transfer and operation. | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Member | Khaw Boon Hai Tony Tel:67805439 khawboon@tp.edu.sg |
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