Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESEARCH
Volume 46, Issue 9, Pages 12519-12529Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/er.8023
Keywords
cooling flow field; heat transfer enhancement; IUT; PEMFC
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [52176200]
- GuangDong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation [2020A1515111120]
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A CFD model with different flow field structures was established to analyze the heat transfer performance. The results showed that the wave flow field had the best comprehensive cooling effect at high flow velocity. In practical applications, the wave flow field demonstrated better heat transfer performance.
Proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) generates a lot of heat during power generation. It is necessary to control PEMFC to operate at proper temperature through effective thermal management. CFD model of flow field plates with different structures is established; the heat transfer performance of different flow fields was analyzed by numerical simulation. The index of uniformity temperature (IUT) was introduced to further evaluate the heat transfer effect. The results showed that the parallel flow field was not suitable for cooling due to its poor performance at high coolant flow rate. The pressure difference of serpentine flow field was more than 10 times that of other flow fields, which lead to the highest cost in practical cooling application. The wave flow field with the best comprehensive cooling effect at high flow velocity, and the average temperature and IUT were 2.22% and 37.97% lower than the parallel flow field, respectively. The cooling effect of point flow field followed the second, and its average temperature and IUT were 1.65% and 29.71% lower than those of parallel flow field, respectively. In practice application, the wavy flow field showed better heat transfer performance within the required coolant flow range.
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