Lattice Boltzmann method to study the wateroxygen distributions in porous transport layer (PTL) of polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolyser

被引：47

作者：

Paliwal, Shubhani ^{[1
]}

Panda, Debashis ^{[1
]}

Bhaskaran, Supriya ^{[1
,2
]}

Vorhauer-Huget, Nicole ^{[2
]}

Tsotsas, Evangelos ^{[2
]}

Surasani, Vikranth Kumar ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Birla Inst Technol & Sci, Dept Chem Engn, Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad 500078, India

[2] Otto von Guericke Univ, Thermal Proc Engn, Univ Pl 2, D-39106 Magdeburg, Germany

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY | 2021年 / 46卷 / 44期

关键词：

Lattice Boltzmann method; PEM water electrolyser; Porosity distribution; MPL; Anode PTL; Hydrogen storage; PORE-SCALE; SIMULATION; FLOW; BEHAVIOR; NETWORK;

D O I：

10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.04.112

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：

Anodic porous transport layer (PTL) plays a pivotal role in the performance of the polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) water electrolyser. In this study, Shen-Chen Lattice Boltzmann Method (SC-LBM) is implemented to study the invasion patterns (IP) of O-2 in a water saturated anodic PTL. Multiphase flow patterns in anodic PTL obtained with the LBM simulations are validated with the experiment results. Simulations are conducted for varied Capillary number (Ca) and Bond number (Bo) to study the competitiveness between the capillary, viscous forces and gravity. A dimensionless number (phi) is defined to develop a set of optimized parameters to enhance O-2 removal. The O-2 saturations along the normalized length reveal importance of void space microstructure in PTL. Thus, positive and negative porosity gradients are implemented from catalyst layer (CL) to water flow channel to understand invasion patterns. The results inspire to consider a random micro porous layer (MPL) near the CL to minimize the accumulation of O-2. Such parametric analysis and pore structure studies is a promising technique for the optimisation of the O-2 removal process. (C) 2021 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：22747 / 22762

页数：16