Thermal transpiration effect on the mass transfer and flow behaviors of the pressure-driven hydrogen gas flow |
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| Authors: | Jianjun Ye Jian Yang Jinyang Zheng Xianting Ding Ieong Wong Weizhong Li Cong Chen |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Institute of Process Equipment, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China;2. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA;3. School of Energy and Power Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China |
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| Abstract: | Thermal transpiration is a rarefied gas effect that drives the gas flow creeping in a microchannel due only to an imposed temperature gradient, which is often encountered in the hydrogen-transportation microfluidic applications such as proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). Because of its impact on the pressure-driven flow behavior in the microchannel, this pumping phenomenon needs to be studied in designing and improving microfluidic devices for hydrogen transportation. However, so far little literature has discussed the thermal transpiration effects on the flow behaviors under normal boundary conditions. In this paper, a DSMC-SPH coupled multiscale approach is proposed on the study of the thermal transpiration effect on hydrogen gas multiscale flow behaviors. Various wall temperature distributions are used under a pressure-driven condition. The remarkable influence of thermal transpiration on the multiscale hydrogen gas flow are investigated and discussed. Since the thermal transpiration effect is often occurred in hydrogen transportation, the present simulation results can provide significant insights for designing and improving proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). |
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| Keywords: | Thermal transpiration DSMC-SPH multiscale approach Mass flowrate Pressure-driven Temperature gradient driven |
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