TY - JOUR
T1 - A Simulation Study on the Optimization of Flow Channel Pattern in High Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell
AU - He, Zhao
AU - Luo, Xiangyi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/6/9
Y1 - 2021/6/9
N2 - High temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cell (HT-PEMFC) has been one of the most promising candidates for the power source of vehicles. Correspondingly, as a factor significantly influencing the performance of the HT-PEMFC, the structure of the flow channel has been extensively discussed. In this study, the multi-channel flow patterns of fuel cell was proposed, and the effect of the channel number on the fuel cell performance was investigated by numerical simulations. The results showed that the HT-PEMFC with multi flow channels performed a power density of 0.392 W cm-2, better than that of single-channel fuel cell. Furthermore, after a comprehensive consideration of performance and production cost, the bipolar plates with three flow channels is recommended. It is noted that the as-designed flow pattern contributes to the improvement of the HT-PEMFC power density.
AB - High temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cell (HT-PEMFC) has been one of the most promising candidates for the power source of vehicles. Correspondingly, as a factor significantly influencing the performance of the HT-PEMFC, the structure of the flow channel has been extensively discussed. In this study, the multi-channel flow patterns of fuel cell was proposed, and the effect of the channel number on the fuel cell performance was investigated by numerical simulations. The results showed that the HT-PEMFC with multi flow channels performed a power density of 0.392 W cm-2, better than that of single-channel fuel cell. Furthermore, after a comprehensive consideration of performance and production cost, the bipolar plates with three flow channels is recommended. It is noted that the as-designed flow pattern contributes to the improvement of the HT-PEMFC power density.
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U2 - 10.1088/1742-6596/1887/1/012005
DO - 10.1088/1742-6596/1887/1/012005
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85108650973
SN - 1742-6588
VL - 1887
JO - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
JF - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
IS - 1
M1 - 012005
T2 - 7th International Conference on Electrical Engineering, Control and Robotics, EECR 2021
Y2 - 21 January 2021 through 23 January 2021
ER -