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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
卷 46, 期 6, 页码 4844-4856出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.02.107
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Direct methanol fuel cell; Short-stack test; Single cell test; Single cell model; 1D-model
This study compares experimental measurements, mathematical models, and short-stack testing to gain a deeper understanding of the effects of operating parameters on DMFC performance. The results show that the mathematical model can accurately describe experimental results under low methanol concentrations and temperatures, with slightly higher voltage outputs compared to experimental results at certain current densities.
In this paper, a comparison between direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) measurements performed on a single cell and a short-stack, and the results of a mathematical model for a DMFC, is presented. The testing of a short-stack, which consists of 5 cells with an active area of 315 cm(2), was performed at various current densities, permeation current densities, and cathode flow rates (CFR) in order to determine the voltage outputs of each cell. Methanol concentration and stack temperature results obtained from short-stack testing were then integrated into the single cell test and single cell mathematical model as the input parameters. For the mathematical modelling, transport equations originating from methanol, water, and oxygen were coupled with the electrochemical relations. Therefore, a comparison between these three methods is made in order to gain a deeper understanding of the effects of the operating parameters on DMFC performance. This study showed that the model could describe experimental results well when lower methanol concentrations (under 1.2 M) and temperature (under 60 degrees C) values are used as input parameters. The results also show very good agreement at lower methanol permeation rates and therefore lower temperatures. It is found that the voltage output for a given current density is higher for the theoretical model than that of the experimental studies; and the differences in the results can be up to 0.04 V for a cell. (C) 2020 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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