Journal
APPLIED ENERGY
Volume 307, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.118132
Keywords
PEM fuel cell; Current density distribution; Channel parameters; GDL intrusion
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- National Innovation Programme Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology (NIP) by Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI)
- NIP funding programme will be under coordination of National Organisation Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology (NOW) [03B11007A]
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The design of flow field and channel cross section, as well as the gas diffusion layer intrusion effect, significantly influence fuel cell performance. Engineers are challenged to find advantageous solutions from multiple criteria parameters. By combining an analytical-empirical intrusion model with a fuel cell model, current density distributions considering various factors can be calculated to determine optimal designs efficiently.
The design of the flow field and the channel cross section of a bipolar plate as well as the intrusion effect of gas diffusion layers due to clamping pressure can significantly influence the performance of a fuel cell. The land and channel areas at a channel cross section can have different boundary conditions due to compression, intrusion of gas diffusion layers and transport phenomena. Todayapplication engineers are faced with the challenge of finding advantageous overall solutions from this plurality of multi-criteria parameters. In this thesis, a model approach is presented which combines a fully parametric analytical-empirical intrusion model with a 1D fuel cell model. This allows the calculation of current density distributions at the channel cross section, taking into account clamping pressure, channel parameters and operating conditions. Depending on the operating points considered, the results show that the maximum current densities occur in different areas of the channel cross section. In addition, with regard to the clamping pressure current density optima can be determined. Using this model approach, in an early development process application engineers will be able to compare hundreds of variants in a reasonable short time and thus determine advantageous fuel cell designs.
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