TY - JOUR
T1 - Study on a new static sealing method and sealing performance evaluation model for pemfc
AU - Huang, Xiaoyu
AU - Zhao, Jinghui
AU - Wang, Yichun
AU - Ke, Yuchao
AU - Wang, Zixi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - The long-term stability and durability of seals are critical for various instruments and types of equipment. For static sealing, an important sealing state, there are currently two representative sealing methods, namely, pre-compressing static sealing and adhesive static sealing. In this paper, the characteristics and shortcomings of these sealing methods are summarized. At present, some static sealing requirements are urgent and difficult. For example, the deterioration of the sealing performance is an important factor which limits the service life of proton exchange membrane fuel cells and redox flow batteries. Therefore, a new method of static sealing whose sealing materials are rubber elastomers is proposed, named alterable static sealing. Then, its sealing processes are proposed. Furthermore, the actual contact area ratio r is used as the standard for sealability. Based on the mathematical model of pre-compressing static sealing, the influence of interface bonding was considered, and the mathematical model of alterable static sealing was established. Moreover, the compensatory effect of alterable static sealing on the static sealing capacity of rubber elastomers was proved.
AB - The long-term stability and durability of seals are critical for various instruments and types of equipment. For static sealing, an important sealing state, there are currently two representative sealing methods, namely, pre-compressing static sealing and adhesive static sealing. In this paper, the characteristics and shortcomings of these sealing methods are summarized. At present, some static sealing requirements are urgent and difficult. For example, the deterioration of the sealing performance is an important factor which limits the service life of proton exchange membrane fuel cells and redox flow batteries. Therefore, a new method of static sealing whose sealing materials are rubber elastomers is proposed, named alterable static sealing. Then, its sealing processes are proposed. Furthermore, the actual contact area ratio r is used as the standard for sealability. Based on the mathematical model of pre-compressing static sealing, the influence of interface bonding was considered, and the mathematical model of alterable static sealing was established. Moreover, the compensatory effect of alterable static sealing on the static sealing capacity of rubber elastomers was proved.
KW - Interface bonding
KW - Proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC)
KW - Rubber elastomer
KW - Static sealing
KW - Stress relaxation
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U2 - 10.3390/wevj12040237
DO - 10.3390/wevj12040237
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85119604982
SN - 2032-6653
VL - 12
JO - World Electric Vehicle Journal
JF - World Electric Vehicle Journal
IS - 4
M1 - 237
ER -