Modeling and Simulation of Direct Methanol Fuel Cell

Direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) is a promising alternative technology due to its
advantages provided over traditional power sources especially for portable electronic
devices i.e. mobile phones, laptop. However, there are still a large number in
research and development stages needed to be done to overcome several factors that
may reduce the overall cell performance and efficiency.
In this report, direct methanol fuel cell model is presented. The model is developed
by using MATLAB software. The model result is proved that it is in good agreement
with the experiment data. The model then used to investigate the effects of other
parameters which are methanol concentration and air flow rate. The study revealed
that both methanol concentration and air flow rate have effect to the direct methanol
fuel cell performance