Water management and performance enhancement in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell system using optimized gas recirculation devices

被引:29
作者
Liu, Yang [1 ]
Tu, Zhengkai [1 ]
Chan, Siew Hwa [2 ]
机构
[1] Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Energy & Power Engn, Wuhan 430074, Peoples R China
[2] Nanyang Technol Univ, Energy Res Inst, 50 Nanyang Ave, Singapore 637553, Singapore
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Proton exchange membrane fuel cell; Dual recirculation; 3D-printed ejectors; Water management; Dynamic response; DEAD-ENDED ANODE; DUAL RECIRCULATION; CARBON CORROSION; DEGRADATION; EJECTOR; CATHODE; MITIGATION; DESIGN;
D O I
10.1016/j.energy.2023.128029
中图分类号
O414.1 [热力学];
学科分类号
摘要
Fuel gas utilization and water management are particularly challenging integrated engineering problems in hydrogen-oxygen proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) systems. Ejectors are promising fuel cell exhaust gas recirculation devices that can be used to address both challenges. In this study, hydrogen and oxygen recirculation ejectors are designed and manufactured using three-dimensional (3D) printing technology. An experimental investigation on a 1 kW PEMFC system with anodic and cathodic dual-ejector-based gas recir-culation is presented. Key parameters such as stack current, stack voltage, cell voltage, operating pressure, and mass flow rate at the primary flow and secondary flow of the anode ejector are measured. The performance of the PEMFC stack equipped with 3D-printed ejectors is compared to that of commercial ejectors. The experimental results reveal that the 3D-printed ejector significantly outperforms the commercial ejector in terms of entrain-ment ratio, with an improvement rate of up to 31.3%. The performance of the PEMFC stack in the dual-ejector recirculation mode increased by 4.75% with a current density of 320 mA cm-2 compared with dead ended mode in 130 kPa. Furthermore, the dual-ejector recirculation mode of the PEMFC stack outperforms that of the dead-end anode and cathode mode during dynamic loading by alleviating the gas shortage problem of the PEMFC stack.
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