Experimental evaluation of ambient forced-feed air-supply PEM fuel cell

被引:50
作者
Jung, Guo-Bin
Lo, Kai-Fan
Su, Ay
Weng, Feng-Bor
Tu, Cheng-Hsin
Yang, Teng-Fu
Chan, Shih-Hung
机构
[1] Yuan Ze Univ, Dept Mech Engn, Tao Yuan 320, Taiwan
[2] Yuan Ze Univ, Fuel Cell Ctr, Tao Yuan 320, Taiwan
关键词
force-feed; air-supply; proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC); relative humidity (RH); ambient conditions;
D O I
10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.03.056
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
Increasing interest in utilizing proton exchange membrane fuel cells for sub-kilowatt mobile applications has prompted the need for fundamental understanding of operating characteristics of polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells. However, there is a few published data regarding related information, especially for PEM fuel cells with ambient force-feed air-supply and their stack design which is the subject of this study. Although the air for the cathode was directed from ambient atmosphere with variable humidity, the flow rates were controlled in order to simulate their effects on the cell performance under real conditions. In addition, the steady-state performance and transient response for H-2/air PEM fuel cells were investigated under a variety of load cycles and operating conditions. Impact of H-2 humidity on the performance was negative for this simplified stack design under appropriate operation current output and the dry H-2 was utilized for the rest of this study. It was found that the humidity of cathode inlet gas had a significant effect on fuel cell performance. When the air relative humidity was higher than 55%, the stack operation resulted in more stable and higher performance. In addition, high moving rate of fuel cell stack (i.e. 20.3 km h(-1)) was found necessary for supplying air to the fuel cell directly and indirectly in order to prevent stack from over-heating. (c) 2008 International Association for Hydrogen Energy. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:2980 / 2985
页数:6
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