An Investigation of 3D Printed Parts Specifications and Applications in Catalytic Substrates and Fuel Cells

Along with simulation and data processing tools, computer-aided manufacturing technologies have changed the design and manufacturing methods of functional parts. the emerging field of fuel cells and catalytic technology in chemical engineering is also of great interest. in addition to expanding the capabilities of 3d printing, the transfer of digital data and physical parts in computer-aided manufacturing methods will benefit research into reactors, structured catalyst design, and micro fuel cells. additive manufacturing combines theory and experiment by enabling the design of optimized geometries using computational fluid dynamics. considering computational modeling and 3d printing as digital tools, this article addresses the design and construction of new structured reactors and fuel cells and also explores the fabrication of micro and solid oxide fuel cells using additive manufacturing (am) and digital light processing (dlp). to do so, samples of a structural catalyst substrate with the unique property of changing surface parameters and six different geometries for plates with the optimal flow in fuel cells were 3d printed, and the results of initial tests confirmed the advantages of this manufacturing method. in this article, we discuss how digital fabrication and computational modeling are intertwined in the field of manufacturing engineering, materials science, and chemistry.