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A Numerical Model of the Cathode of a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell with Experimental Validatio

Chi-Yung Wen, Anh Dinh Le, Kun-Tsan Jeng & Bin-T

Int. J. Numer. Anal. Mod. B,1 (2010), pp. 123-146

Published online: 2010-01

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In this study, a simple two-dimensional, unsteady Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) model is developed and validated by experimental results. The numerical model considers fluid flow, mass transport and electrochemical reactions in the PEMFC cathode. The vorticity-stream function method and Alternating Direction Implicit (ADI) scheme are employed to solve the coupled fluid flow equations effciently. The I-V characteristics obtained from the numerical model are in good agreement with the experimental results. The simulation results show that the gas flow velocity, concentration of oxygen and porosity of gas diffusion layer significantly infl uence the cell performance. Moreover, it could be inferred that, despite the real flow is three- dimensional, a two-dimensional numerical model is time-effcient to predict the location of liquid water formation and the fuel cell performance satisfactorily in some circumstances.
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@Article{IJNAMB-1-123, author = {Chi-Yung Wen, Anh Dinh Le, Kun-Tsan Jeng and Bin-T}, title = {A Numerical Model of the Cathode of a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell with Experimental Validatio}, journal = {International Journal of Numerical Analysis Modeling Series B}, year = {2010}, volume = {1}, number = {2}, pages = {123--146}, abstract = {In this study, a simple two-dimensional, unsteady Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) model is developed and validated by experimental results. The numerical model considers fluid flow, mass transport and electrochemical reactions in the PEMFC cathode. The vorticity-stream function method and Alternating Direction Implicit (ADI) scheme are employed to solve the coupled fluid flow equations effciently. The I-V characteristics obtained from the numerical model are in good agreement with the experimental results. The simulation results show that the gas flow velocity, concentration of oxygen and porosity of gas diffusion layer significantly infl uence the cell performance. Moreover, it could be inferred that, despite the real flow is three- dimensional, a two-dimensional numerical model is time-effcient to predict the location of liquid water formation and the fuel cell performance satisfactorily in some circumstances.}, issn = {}, doi = {https://doi.org/}, url = {http://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/ijnamb/329.html} }
TY - JOUR T1 - A Numerical Model of the Cathode of a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell with Experimental Validatio AU - Chi-Yung Wen, Anh Dinh Le, Kun-Tsan Jeng & Bin-T JO - International Journal of Numerical Analysis Modeling Series B VL - 2 SP - 123 EP - 146 PY - 2010 DA - 2010/01 SN - 1 DO - http://doi.org/ UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/ijnamb/329.html KW - PEMFC KW - unsteady KW - cathode KW - vorticity-stream function KW - liquid water formation AB - In this study, a simple two-dimensional, unsteady Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) model is developed and validated by experimental results. The numerical model considers fluid flow, mass transport and electrochemical reactions in the PEMFC cathode. The vorticity-stream function method and Alternating Direction Implicit (ADI) scheme are employed to solve the coupled fluid flow equations effciently. The I-V characteristics obtained from the numerical model are in good agreement with the experimental results. The simulation results show that the gas flow velocity, concentration of oxygen and porosity of gas diffusion layer significantly infl uence the cell performance. Moreover, it could be inferred that, despite the real flow is three- dimensional, a two-dimensional numerical model is time-effcient to predict the location of liquid water formation and the fuel cell performance satisfactorily in some circumstances.
Chi-Yung Wen, Anh Dinh Le, Kun-Tsan Jeng and Bin-T. (2010). A Numerical Model of the Cathode of a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell with Experimental Validatio. International Journal of Numerical Analysis Modeling Series B. 1 (2). 123-146. doi:
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