Millions of people every year require oxygen therapy for support or as life sustaining measures due to a rise in chronic illnesses and viruses, such as COVID-19, and the increase in elderly population. The goal of this project was to design a unit that could efficiently and reliably produce a pure supply of oxygen, require low energy, and be environmentally friendly. This was achieved by developing a predictive OxyGen pump model and comparing it to literature data as well as producing further experimental data for support of the concept. In the end, while laboratory-based efforts to reproduce literature data were limited in success, a strong model for the data was produced that allowed for design specifications of the system to be calculated. Two final designs were created, one a mobile version for on-the-go usage and another that is more applicable to hospital-like settings, overall establishing a possible breakthrough in practical electrochemical oxygen production.

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Creator

• Buek, Connor M.
• Gundrum, Tyler S.
• Goodwin, Jacob E.

Subject

• Sustainability
• Health
• Innovation

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 22236
• E-project-050521-130042

Keyword

• electrochemical
• Oxygen pump
• PEM
• electrolysis

Advisor

• Teixeira, Andrew R
• Datta, Ravindra

Year

• 2021

Date created

• 2021-05-05

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Chemical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-05-05