TY - GEN
T1 - Design and parametric study of a tubular passive micro direct methanol fuel cell
AU - Ji, Xiuling
AU - Liu, Yunjian
AU - Lou, Wenzhong
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - A tubular passive micro DMFC is designed to work in a special condition. The designed cell is a cylinder, anode channel is inside, cathode is outside and exposes to the air. When the overload exceeds the critical value, the liquid inside reserve tank will splash and comes into the two electrodes, and then the cell will be activated. The voltage, current density and work time of DMFC are calculated, and the DMFC performance of serpentine and parallel flow fields is analyzed preliminary. A current collector open ration of 70% is chosen in the design of the DMFC, and effect of the open ratio on the performance of the DMFC is analyzed simultaneously. Although there are many experimental works to do to testify its performance, it is true that the flow field simulation is authentic and the primary design is feasible compared to other references.
AB - A tubular passive micro DMFC is designed to work in a special condition. The designed cell is a cylinder, anode channel is inside, cathode is outside and exposes to the air. When the overload exceeds the critical value, the liquid inside reserve tank will splash and comes into the two electrodes, and then the cell will be activated. The voltage, current density and work time of DMFC are calculated, and the DMFC performance of serpentine and parallel flow fields is analyzed preliminary. A current collector open ration of 70% is chosen in the design of the DMFC, and effect of the open ratio on the performance of the DMFC is analyzed simultaneously. Although there are many experimental works to do to testify its performance, it is true that the flow field simulation is authentic and the primary design is feasible compared to other references.
KW - Circumrotating condition
KW - Design
KW - Parametric study
KW - Tubular passive μDMFC
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=70349666722&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/NEMS.2009.5068592
DO - 10.1109/NEMS.2009.5068592
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:70349666722
SN - 9781424446308
T3 - 4th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS 2009
SP - 343
EP - 347
BT - 4th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS 2009
T2 - 4th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS 2009
Y2 - 5 January 2009 through 8 January 2009
ER -