Thermal Management System Modeling and Simulation of a Full-Powered Fuel Cell Vehicle

2019 ◽  
Vol 142 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiping Wang ◽  
Jing Li ◽  
Qi Tao ◽  
Mohamed H. S. Bargal ◽  
Mengting Yu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Thermal Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Operating Temperature ◽  
System Modeling ◽  
Load Condition ◽  
Proton Exchange ◽  
Fuel Cell Vehicle ◽  
Thermal Management System ◽  
Stack Model

Abstract Thermal management is an important factor in securing the safe and effective operation of a fuel cell vehicle (FCV). A parameterized stack model of a 100 kW proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) is constructed by matlab/Simulink to design and asses the thermal management characteristics of a 100 kW full-powered FCV. The cooling components model, with parameters obtained by theoretical calculation based on the cooling requirement, is developed in the commercial solver GT-COOL. A thermal management simulation platform is constructed by coupling the stack model and cooling components. The accuracy of the modeling method for the stack is validated by comparing with the experimental data. The relationship between the operating temperature and output performance of the fuel cell stack is revealed based on the simulation model. The simulation results show that the operating temperature has a considerable influence on stack performance under high-current operation, and the inlet and outlet temperatures of the stack change nearly linearly with the increasing environmental temperature. The heat dissipation potential of the thermal management system under the high-load condition is also verified. The temperatures and coolant flow of core components, including the stack, DC/DC, air compressor, and driving motor, can meet the cooling requirements.

Modelling and control of vehicle integrated thermal management system of PEM fuel cell vehicle

Energy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 199 ◽  
pp. 117495
Author(s):  
Jiamin Xu ◽  
Caizhi Zhang ◽  
Ruijia Fan ◽  
Huanhuan Bao ◽  
Yi Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Thermal Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Pem Fuel Cell ◽  
Fuel Cell Vehicle ◽  
Thermal Management System ◽  
And Control

scholarly journals Feasible analysis of pulsating heat pipe applied to proton exchange membrane fuel cell

2021 ◽  
Vol 248 ◽  
pp. 01050
Author(s):  
Fumin Shang ◽  
Kangzhe Yang ◽  
Chaoyue Liu ◽  
Qingjing Yang ◽  
Jianhong Liu
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Heat Pipe ◽  
Thermal Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Proton Exchange Membrane ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Proton Exchange ◽  
Pulsating Heat Pipe ◽  
Thermal Management System ◽  
Exchange Membrane

Proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) has the advantages of high energy efficiency, clean, pollution-free, fast start-up and noise-free, but its thermal management problems still restrict the development and practical application of PEMFC. This paper analyzes the important influence of heat management on the working performance of proton exchange membrane fuel cell, and summarizes the structure principle and effect evaluation of thermal management system using heat pipe under the premise of simply summarizing the shortcomings of the thermal management system using conventional cooling method. By expounding the working principle and characteristics of pulsating heat pipe, and from the perspective of PEMFC internal structure and technology, the feasibility of applying pulsating heat pipe to PEMFC thermal management system is analyzed, with a view to developing pulsating heat pipe-type PEMFC thermal management technology with compact structure and excellent performance.

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