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Sheila Mae C Ang Webpage

Postgraduate Researcher Phone: +44 (0)20 7679 3836 Email: sheila.ang@ucl.ac.uk

Address: Department of Chemical Engineering University College London Torrington Place London WC1E 7JE United Kingdom

Sheila Ang obtained a BSc in Chemical Engineering from the University of the Philippines in 2004 and an MSc in Chemical Engineering from the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology in 2007. She has been a lecturer (on study leave) in the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of the Philippines since 2004.

Research project

Title: Optimal Design of Fuel Cell Systems

Supervisors: Dr Dan Brett and Professor Eric Fraga

Fuel cell systems design is a decision-making process which involves the identification of possible design alternatives and the selection of the most suitable one. A good design is one that meets the design requirements and represents a trade-off amongst the different design objectives. Modelling and computer based optimisation are important tools in generating different design alternatives and identifying good designs. This project involves detailed modelling and optimisation for the design of fuel cell systems with particular emphasis on multi-objective global optimisation.

Publications

1. Ang, SMC, Brett, DJL, Fraga, ES (2010). Optimal design of fuel cell systems. Chapter in Fuel Cell Efficiency, Edited by Frank Columbus, Nova Science Publishers, New York. Accepted.
2. Ang, SMC, Brett, DJL, Fraga, ES (2010). A multi-objective optimisation model for a general PEM fuel cell system. Journal of Power Sources 195, 2754-2763 ISSN: 03978-7753.
3. Ang, SMC, Brett, DJL, Fraga, ES (2010), A model for the multi-objectiveoptimisation of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell micro-combined heat and power system, in S. Pierucci and G. Buzzi Ferraris (editors), 20th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, Computer-Aided Chemical Engineering (Elsevier).
4. S.M.C. Ang, E.S. Fraga, N.P. Brandon, N.J. Samsatli and D.J.L. Brett. Fuel cell systems optimisation - methods and strategies. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2011. Under review.
5. S.M.C. Ang, D.J.L. Brett, I. Staffell, A.D. Hawkes and N.P. Brandon. Design of fuel cell micro-cogeneration systems through modelling and optimisation. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Energy and Environment. Submitted.

Awards

Runner-up, UCL Graduate School Research Poster Competition 2010 for the poster Turning homes into power stations: optimal design of fuel cell micro-combined heat and power systems.

• http://www.grad.ucl.ac.uk/comp/2009-2010/poster/

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