Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 45, Issue 39, Pages 20184-20193Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.02.102
Keywords
Full-scale; Proton exchange membrane electrolysis cell; Mass transfer; Heat transfer; Co-flow; Counter-flow
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51376018]
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A full-scale, two-phase, single-channel model of proton exchange membrane electrolysis cell is established. The electrochemical model and the thermal model are coupled to explore the mass transfer of the channel, catalytic layer and diffusion layer, and the heat transfer of the entire electrolysis cell. Two different calculation models are compared, and it is found that the calculation results of the model with bipolar plates are closer to the actual values. Simultaneously, effective water and thermal management strategies are proposed: The temperature of the electrolysis cell can be reduced effectively by supplying water to the cathode side. The Counter-flow mode has a lower temperature than the Co-flow mode, but the temperature gradient in the Counter-flow mode is greater. Reducing the channel depth and increasing the channel width can improve the water transmission in the electrolysis cell and reduce the temperature of the electrolysis cell, but a larger channel width will increase the electrical loss. Therefore, the selection of appropriate channel size is of great significance to the long-term stable operation of the electrolysis cell. (C) 2020 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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