期刊
RENEWABLE ENERGY
卷 168, 期 -, 页码 750-763出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2020.12.075
关键词
PEM fuel cell; Water management; Water droplet flow; Impact; Spreading
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51706153]
The study investigated the impact of water on the channel surface of PEM fuel cells, considering factors such as impact velocity, droplet size, surface contact angle, temperature, and impact angle. The results showed that these factors influence water spreading and motion modes on the surface, with splashing more likely to occur on wet surfaces during impact.
Proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell is a clean energy conversion device. Water management is one of the critical issues limiting the PEM fuel cell performance and service life. Liquid water impact on fuel cell surface significantly influences water transport and removal in the PEM fuel cell. In this study, a numerical investigation of water impact on the channel surface opposite to the GDL is carried out using the volume of fluid (VOF) method. The effects of impact velocity, droplet size, surface contact angle, temperature and impact angle on the water impact process are investigated. Water droplet impact on the wet flow channel surface is also considered. The results reveal that the water droplet experiences spreading and retraction stages in the impact process on a dry surface, determined by the interactions among the surface tension, inertial force and viscous force. Increasing the impact velocity, droplet size, surface hydrophilicity, temperature and impact angle lead to greater maximum water spreading factor on the surface. The water motion modes mainly include merging, crown-shaped jet flow and splashing on a wet surface, based on the magnitude of the impact velocity. The splashing is easier to occur for water droplet impact on a wet surface. (c) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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