Service life estimation of liquid silicone rubber seals in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell environment

被引：49

作者：

Cui, Tong ^{[1
]}

Lin, C-W ^{[2
,3
]}

Chien, C. H. ^{[2
]}

Chao, Y. J. ^{[3
]}

Van Zee, J. W. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ S Carolina, Dept Chem Engn, Columbia, SC 29208 USA

[2] Natl Sun Yat Sen Univ, Dept Mech & Electromech Engn, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

[3] Univ S Carolina, Dept Mech Engn, Columbia, SC 29208 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES | 2011年 / 196卷 / 03期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

Stress relaxation; Liquid silicone rubber; Time-temperature superposition; Lifetime prediction; MECHANICAL-PROPERTIES; DEGRADATION; TEMPERATURE; RELAXATION; STRESS;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jpowsour.2010.08.075

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：

Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) is a promising source for many applications such as automobiles. Sealing around the perimeter of the cell is required to prevent the gases/liquids inside the cell from leaking and polymers are usually stress relaxation of the material under constant strain. The stress relaxation behavior of liquid silicone rubber, a type of polymer used as seals in PEMFCs, is studied in this work. A Prony series is used to predict the compression stress relaxation curve at different strain levels. Applying the time-temperature superposition, master curves are generated and used for predicting the service life of this material as seals in PEMFCs. The estimated lives in water and in air are compared. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：1216 / 1221

页数：6

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