Comparison of active and passive cooling of proton exchange membrane fuel cell using a multiphase model

被引：29

作者：

Atyabi, Seyed Ali ^{[1
,2
]}

Afshari, Ebrahim ^{[2
]}

Udemu, Chinonyelum ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Flemish Inst Technol Res VITO, VITO Sustainable Chem, Mol, Belgium

[2] Univ Isfahan, Fac Engn, Dept Mech Engn, Hezar Jerib Ave, Esfahan 8174673441, Iran

[3] Univ Hull, Mech Engn, Kingston Upon Hull HU6 7RX, England

来源：

ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT | 2022年 / 268卷

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

PEM fuel cell; Water content; Heat pipe cooling; Water cooling; Temperature; FLOW-FIELD; HEAT PIPES; PERFORMANCE; INTEGRATION; SYSTEM;

D O I：

10.1016/j.enconman.2022.115970

中图分类号：

O414.1 [热力学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

One of the challenges to increase the life and improve the performance of the proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEM) fuel cell is to use an appropriate cell cooling method. Proper cooling is important in maintaining a uniform temperature distribution and preservation of membrane water content to in order to prevent local hot spots and for high cell performance. In this work, three-dimensional multiphase numerical models of proton exchange membrane fuel cells using active (liquid cooling) and passive (heat pipes) cooling methods have been developed, wherein a heat pipe model was first simulated by simulink to determine the heat extraction capacity of the heat pipe. A 4-way serpentine flow field was employed as the typical flow field for gas channels and cooling channels. The results show that the use of heat pipe cooling, in addition to maintaining high water content and thus reducing membrane resistance and increasing cell performance, imposes less parasitic load on the cell power generation system than water cooling.

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