Air intake ducting system

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As more research and development is spent on fuel cell technologies, their large-scale implementation in automobiles becomes more promising. Visteon Corporation is a large automotive supplier which manufactures a wide range of parts including electronic products, climate control systems, and interior products. As they foresee the proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) vehicle emerging in the automotive market, they are taking the necessary steps to be first in providing their customers with a suitable air intake system. As our sponsor, Visteon will be working with our team in designing and developing this system for small to mid-size vehicles. The goal is to produce an intake system design which supplies air at the proper flow-rate, humidity, temperature, pressure, and purity to achieve the optimum performance and efficiency from a PEMFC stack. This design must also meet cost, manufacturability, packaging, serviceability, durability, and noise requirements. The final output of our project will be a scaled-down prototype to demonstrate our system design in operation.