One kilowatt-class fuel cell system for the aerospace applications in a micro-gravitational and closed environment

被引:30
作者
Sone, Y
Ueno, M
Naito, H
Kuwajima, S
机构
[1] Japan Aerosp Explorat Agcy, JAXA, Inst Space & Astronaut Sci, Kanagawa 2298510, Japan
[2] Japan Aerosp Explorat Agcy, JAXA, Inst Space Technol & Aeronaut, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058505, Japan
关键词
PEFC; humidification; dehydrator; gas circulation; aerospace; closed environment;
D O I
10.1016/j.jpowsour.2006.03.042
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is developing polymer-electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) systems that can operate under isolated low-gravity and closed environments. Subsystems and operating methods such as the closed gas operation subsystem, the working gases counterflow method, and a dehydrator using wicking material were developed to simplify assembly of the fuel cell system. We combined these subsystems with the 1 kW-class fuel cell stack and simulated the operations of a spacecraft in Earth orbit. The system performed stably for 1100 h under various operational conditions. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:886 / 892
页数:7
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