Resistivity Measurement Device for Fuel Cell and Flow Battery Bipolar Plates 2019-20

eChemion is a local chemical engineering company specializing in the fabrication of bipolar plates, which are materials that sit in between fuel cells or batteries, helping to create a seamless stack. To function as best as possible, the bipole material must be as highly conductive/minimally resistive as possible. Specifically, since the current will flow from battery to battery or cell to cell in the Z-plane of the plates, the Z-plane resitivity must be as low as possible. As a chemical-engineering based company, the formula for the perfect material has been found and produced - but the electrical properties need to be verified. This is why eChemion needs a low-resistivity measurement device. The project uses some basic principles, such as KCL/KVL and voltage drop to gather the core data about the material. But, some more advanced techniques must be used to ensure accurate enough data may be collected, as electrons are designed to flow very easily through the material. Additionally, once data is collected, it must be checked for errors of various kinds as well as analyzed in comparison against slightly different formulas the company has come up with and competitors' products of the same nature.

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Google Site To learn more about the project management aspects of the project, please feel free to visit our project Google site (see link attached).   Link
File Repository To view the design files for the project, the following file repository will display all designs we have made available to the public including models, schematics, and diagrams (see link attached).   Link
Project Video To view the team delivering a brief powerpoint virtually, the following video shows each of us detailing parts of the project and showing a system demo (see link attached).   Link