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JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 155, Issue 3, Pages B294-B302Publisher
ELECTROCHEMICAL SOC INC
DOI: 10.1149/1.2825298
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A proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) was imaged using neutron radiography under pseudo steady-state operating conditions to determine the total liquid water content of the cell and the liquid water content distribution across the active cell area as a function of cell temperature, current density, and cathode air flow rate. A simple cathode-based model was formulated to rationalize the observed dry inlet regions which were most strongly influenced by temperature and current density. Between temperatures of 40 and 80 degrees C and current densities of 0.5 and 1.5 A cm(-2). the outlet gas temperature was measured to be 1-5 degrees C greater than the cell bulk temperature. This small temperature difference was enough to account for drying of 20-40% of the cell area, depending on the bulk cell temperature. For the cell construction used in this work, the temperature and cathode stoichiometric flow had a marginal effect on the polarization curve performance but had a large effect on the liquid water content and distribution within the cell. (C) 2008 The Electrochemical Society.
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