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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER
Volume 55, Issue 23-24, Pages 6363-6373Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2012.06.019
Keywords
Proton exchange membrane fuel cells; Gas diffusion layer; Micro-porous layer; Pore network model; Two-phase transport; Oxygen diffusion
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- National Natural and Science Foundation of China [50876119, 50825602]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [CDJXS10142223]
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In proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), a hydrophobic micro-porous layer (MPL) is usually placed between the catalyst layer (CL) and the conventional gas diffusion layer (GDL) to relieve the flooding. In this paper, a pore network model is developed to investigate how the MPL structure affects the liquid and oxygen transport properties of the bilayer gas diffusion material (GDM) consisting of fine MPL and coarse GDL The regular three-dimensional pore network constructed to represent the bilayer GDM are composed of the cubic pores that are connected by the narrow throats of square cross section. Based on this model, the capillary pressure, liquid permeability, and oxygen effective diffusivity as a function of GDM liquid saturation are determined. Parameter studies are performed to elucidate the influences of MPL thickness and of MPL crack width. Also analyzed are the liquid distributions in different structural GDMs at the moment of breakthrough. The results reveal a liquid saturation jump at the MPL/GDL interface in the plain bilayer GDM, but a liquid saturation drop in the defective bilayer GDM. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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