The use of phase-change cooling strategy in proton exchange membrane fuel cells: A numerical study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
XiaoHui Yan ◽  
YiMeng Peng ◽  
YuanTing Shen ◽  
ShuiYun Shen ◽  
GuangHua Wei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Phase Change ◽  
Proton Exchange Membrane ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Proton Exchange ◽  
Cooling Strategy ◽  
Exchange Membrane

scholarly journals Experimental and Numerical Study of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells with a Novel Compound Flow Field

ACS Omega ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (34) ◽  
pp. 21892-21899
Author(s):  
Yixiang Wang ◽  
Lei Wang ◽  
Xianhang Ji ◽  
Yulu Zhou ◽  
Mingge Wu
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Flow Field ◽  
Proton Exchange Membrane ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Proton Exchange ◽  
Exchange Membrane

Phase-change-related degradation of catalyst layers in proton-exchange-membrane fuel cells

2013 ◽  
Vol 95 ◽  
pp. 29-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gi Suk Hwang ◽  
Hyoungchul Kim ◽  
Roger Lujan ◽  
Rangachary Mukundan ◽  
Dusan Spernjak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Phase Change ◽  
Proton Exchange Membrane ◽  
Proton Exchange ◽  
Catalyst Layers ◽  
Exchange Membrane

Improved Thermal Uniformity by Introducing Tree-Like Flowing Channels in a PEMFC Flow-Field Plate

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuxin Jia ◽  
Rui Zhu ◽  
Bengt Sunden ◽  
Gongnan Xie
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Flow Field ◽  
Proton Exchange Membrane ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Flow Channel ◽  
Proton Exchange ◽  
Field Plate ◽  
Flow Channels ◽  
Exchange Membrane

Thermal uniformity in the flow field plate of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) is crucial for their power generating efficiency and reliability and therefore, has attracted much attention. The present numerical study is an attempt to optimize the flow channels via replacement of convectional zigzag continuous channels by tree-like bifurcated channels radially outwards. The numerical model is validated by experimental data available in the open literature. The effects of included angles and length ratios among the channels on thermal uniformity are analyzed based on detailed fluid flow characteristics. Results show that tree-like channels outperform conventional ones. It is found that tree-like flow channels can improve thermal uniformity of proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Within limits, with smaller angle between bifurcated flow channels and length ratio 2−1/3 between higher flow channel and lower flow channel, PEMFC can obtain the most uniform temperature distribution in Y shape tree-liked flow field.

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