Three-dimensional numerical study on cell performance and transport phenomena of PEM fuel cells with conventional flow fields |
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| Authors: | Jer-Huan Jang Wei-Mon Yan Hung-Yi Li Wei-Che Tsai |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northern Taiwan Institute of Science and Technology, Beitou, Taipei 11202, Taiwan;2. Department of Mechatronic Engineering, Huafan University, Shih-Ting, Taipei 22305, Taiwan |
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| Abstract: | In this paper, a three-dimensional numerical model of the proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) with conventional flow field designs (parallel flow field, Z-type flow field, and serpentine flow field) has been established to investigate the performance and transport phenomena in the PEMFCs. The influences of the flow field designs on the fuel utilization, the water removal, and the cell performance of the PEMFC are studied. The distributions of velocity, oxygen mass fraction, current density, liquid water, and pressure with the convention flow fields are presented. For the conventional flow fields, the cell performance can be enhanced by adding the corner number, increasing the flow channel length, and decreasing the flow channel number. The cell performance of the serpentine flow field is the best, followed by the Z-type flow field and then the parallel flow field. |
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| Keywords: | Flow field designs Conventional flow fields Cell performance PEMFC |
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