Modeling and analysis of internal water transfer behavior of PEM fuel cell of large surface area

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (29) ◽  
pp. 18540-18550 ◽  
Author(s):  
Po Hong ◽  
Liangfei Xu ◽  
Jianqiu Li ◽  
Minggao Ouyang
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Surface Area ◽  
Pem Fuel Cell ◽  
Water Transfer ◽  
Large Surface Area ◽  
Modeling And Analysis ◽  
Internal Water ◽  
Transfer Behavior

scholarly journals Modeling and Analysis of Solar Photovoltaic Assisted Electrolyzer-Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell For Running a Hospital in Remote Area in Kolkata, India

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamaljyoti Talukdar
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Polymer Electrolyte ◽  
Polymer Electrolyte Membrane ◽  
Pem Fuel Cell ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic ◽  
Modeling And Analysis ◽  
Photovoltaic Modules ◽  
Electrolyte Membrane ◽  
Sunshine Hours ◽  
In Series

The present work consists of the modeling and analysis of solar photovoltaic panels integrated with electrolyzer bank and Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) fuel cell stacks for running different appliances of a hospital located in Kolkata for different climatic conditions. Electric power is generated by an array of solar photovoltaic modules. Excess energy after meeting the requirements of the hospital during peak sunshine hours is supplied to an electrolyzer bank to generate hydrogen gas, which is consumed by the PEM fuel cell stack to support the power requirement during the energy deficit hours. The study reveals that 875 solar photovoltaic modules in parallel each having 2 modules in series of Central Electronics Limited Make PM 150 with a 178.537 kW electrolyzer and 27 PEM fuel cell stacks, each of 382.372 W, can support the energy requirement of a 200 lights (100 W each), 4 pumps (2 kW each), 120 fans(65 W each) and 5 refrigerators (2 kW each)system operated for 16 hours, 2 hours,15 hours and 24 hours respectively. 123 solar photovoltaic modules in parallel each having 2 modules in series of Central Electronics Limited Make PM 150 is needed to run the gas compressor for storing hydrogen in the cylinder during sunshine hours.  Keywords: Central Electronics Limited, Electrolyzer, PEM, PM 150, Solar photovoltaic. Article History: Received Feb 5th 2017; Received in revised form June 2nd 2017; Accepted June 28th 2017; Available onlineHow to Cite This Article: Talukdar, K. (2017). Modeling and Analysis of Solar Photovoltaic Assisted Electrolyzer-Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell For Running a Hospital in Remote Area in Kolkata,India. International Journal of Renewable Energy Develeopment, 6(2), 181-191.https://dx.doi.org/10.14710/ijred.6.2.181-191

Hydrogen Production for PEM Fuel Cells via Oxidative Steam Reforming of Methanol Using Cu-Al Catalysts Modified With Ce and Cr

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanjay Patel ◽  
K. K. Pant
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Hydrogen Production ◽  
Surface Area ◽  
Steam Reforming ◽  
Pem Fuel Cell ◽  
Oxide Catalysts ◽  
Molar Ratio ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Steam Reforming Of Methanol ◽  
Al Oxide

The performance of Cu-Ce-Al-oxide and Cu-Cr-Al-oxide catalysts of varying compositions prepared by co-precipitation method was evaluated for the PEM fuel cell grade hydrogen production via oxidative steam reforming of methanol (OSRM). The limitations of partial oxidation and steam reforming of methanol for the hydrogen production for PEM fuel cell could be overcome using OSRM and can be performed auto-thermally with idealized reaction stoichiomatry. Catalysts surface area and pore volume were determined using N2 adsorption-desorption method. The final elemental compositions were determined using atomic absorption spectroscopy. Crystalline phases of catalyst samples were determined by X-ray diffraction (XRD) technique. Temperature programmed reduction (TPR) demonstrated that the incorporation of Ce improved the copper reducibility significantly compared to Cr promoter. The OSRM was carried out in a fixed bed catalytic reactor. Reaction temperature, contact-time (W/F) and oxygen to methanol (O/M) molar ratio varied from 200–300°C, 3–21 kgcat s mol−1 and 0–0.5 respectively. The steam to methanol (S/M) molar ratio = 1.4 and pressure = 1 atm were kept constant. Catalyst Cu-Ce-Al:30-10-60 exhibited 100% methanol conversion and 152 mmol s−1 kgcat−1 hydrogen production rate at 300°C with carbon monoxide formation as low as 1300 ppm, which reduces the load on preferential oxidation of CO to CO2 (PROX) significantly before feeding the hydrogen rich stream to the PEM fuel cell as a feed. The higher catalytic performance of Ce containing catalysts was attributed to the improved Cu reducibility, higher surface area, and better copper dispersion. Reaction parameters were optimized in order to maximize the hydrogen production and to keep the CO formation as low as possible. The time-on-stream stability test showed that the Cu-Ce-Al-oxide catalysts subjected to a moderate deactivation compared to Cu-Cr-Al-oxide catalysts. The amount of carbon deposited onto the catalysts was determined using TG/DTA thermogravimetric analyzer. C1s spectra were obtained by surface analysis of post reaction catalysts using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) to investigate the nature of coke deposited.

scholarly journals Modeling and Analysis of Renewable PEM Fuel Cell System

2015 ◽  
Vol 74 ◽  
pp. 87-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eng. Waseem Saeed ◽  
Eng. Ghaith Warkozek
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Pem Fuel Cell ◽  
Cell System ◽  
Fuel Cell System ◽  
Modeling And Analysis

In-Situ Measurements of Water Transfer Due to Different Mechanisms in a PEM Fuel Cell

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Attila Husar ◽  
Andrew Higier ◽  
Hongtan Liu
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Proton Exchange Membrane ◽  
Pem Fuel Cell ◽  
Membrane Electrode Assembly ◽  
Pem Fuel Cells ◽  
Water Transfer ◽  
Proton Exchange ◽  
Membrane Electrode ◽  
Order Of Magnitude

Water management is of critical importance in a proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell. Yet there are very limited studies of water transfer through the membrane and no data are available for water transfer due to individual mechanisms through the membrane electrode assembly (MEA) in an operational fuel cell. Thus it is the objective of this study to measure water transfer through the MEA due to different mechanisms through the membrane electrode assembly (MEA) of an operational PEM fuel cell. The three different mechanisms of water transfer, i.e., electro-osmotic drag, diffusion and hydraulic permeation were isolated by specially imposed boundary conditions. Therefore water transfer through the MEA due to each mechanism could be measured separately. In this study, all the data were collected in an actual assembled operational fuel cell, and some of the data were collected while the fuel cell was generating power. The measured results showed that water transfer due to hydraulic permeation, i.e. the pressure difference between the anode and cathode is at least an order of magnitude lower than those due to other two mechanisms. The data for water transfers due to electro-osmosis and diffusion through the MEA are in good agreement with some of the data and model predications in the literature for the membrane. The methodology used in this study is simple and can be easily adopted for in-situ water transfer measurement due to different mechanisms in actual PEM fuel cells without any cell modifications.

Surfactant free synthesis of high surface area Pt@PdM3 (M = Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu) core/shell electrocatalysts with enhanced electrocatalytic activity and durability for PEM fuel cell applications

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (10) ◽  
pp. 8681-8695 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karuppannan Mohanraju ◽  
Govindarajan Kousik ◽  
Louis Cindrella
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Oxygen Reduction ◽  
Surface Area ◽  
Electrocatalytic Activity ◽  
High Surface ◽  
High Surface Area ◽  
Pem Fuel Cell ◽  
Core Shell ◽  
Oxygen Reduction Reactions ◽  
Shell Nanostructures

High surface area core/shell nanostructures of Pt covered Pd alloys were synthesized and they exhibited enhanced electrocatalytic activity in oxygen reduction reactions.

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