The Experimental Study of the Effect of Flow Pattern Geometry on Performance of Micro Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell
In this research, the flow pattern influence on
performance of a micro PEMFC was investigated
experimentally. The investigation focused on the impacts of
bend angels and rib/channel dimensions of serpentine flow
channel pattern on the performance and investigated how they
improve the performance. The fuel cell employed for these
experiments was a micro single PEMFC with a membrane of
1.44 cm2 Nafion NRE-212. The results show that 60° and 120°
bend angles can provide the better performances at 20 and 40
sccm inlet flow rates comparing to that the conventional design.
Additionally, wider channel with narrower rib spacing gives
better performance. These results may be applied to develop
universal heuristics for the design of flow pattern of micro
PEMFC.
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exchange membrane fuel cells," J Power Sources, vol. 161, pp. 138-142,
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398-406, March 2006.
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June 2006.
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dimension of flow field on PEMFC performance," Int. J. Hydrog. Energy,
vol. 32, pp. 842-856, January 2007.
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serpentine flow-field designs on PEM fuel cell performance," Int. J.
Hydrog. Energy, vol. 33, pp. 1052-1066, June 2008.
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"Development of bipolar plates with different flow channel
configurations for fuel cells," J. Power Sources, vol. 189, pp. 1083-1092,
2009.
[1] S. J. Lee, S. W. Cha, Y. Liu, R. O-Hayre and P. B. Prinz, "High
power-density polymer-electrolyte fuel cells by microfabrication,"
Electrochem Soc Proceedings, 2000.
[2] S. S. Hsieh, J. K. Kuo, C. F. Hwang and Tsai, "A novel design and
microfabrication for a micro PEMFC," Microsyst Technol vol. 10, pp.
121-126, 2004.
[3] S. S. Hsieh, C. F. Hwang, J. K. Kuo, H. H. Tsai and S. H. Yang, "SU-8
flow field plates for a micro PEMFC," J Solid State Electrochem vol. 9, pp.
121-131, 2005.
[4] S. W. Cha, R. O-Hayre, Y. I. Park and F. B. Prinz, "Electrochemical
impedance investigation of flooding in micro-flow channels for proton
exchange membrane fuel cells," J Power Sources, vol. 161, pp. 138-142,
2006.
[5] S. Shimpalee, S. Greenway and J. W. Van Zee, "The impact of channel
length om PEMFC flow-field design," J. Power Sources, vol. 160, pp.
398-406, March 2006.
[6] S. Karvonen, T. Hottinen, J. Saarinen and O. Himanen, "Modeling of flow
field in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell," vol. 161, pp. 876-884,
June 2006.
[7] S. Shimpalee and J. W. Van Zee, "Numerical studies on rib & channel
dimension of flow field on PEMFC performance," Int. J. Hydrog. Energy,
vol. 32, pp. 842-856, January 2007.
[8] D. H. Jeon, S. Greenway, S. Shimpalee and J. W. Van Zee, "The effect of
serpentine flow-field designs on PEM fuel cell performance," Int. J.
Hydrog. Energy, vol. 33, pp. 1052-1066, June 2008.
[9] R. Boddu, U. K. Marupakula, B. Summers and P. Majumdar,
"Development of bipolar plates with different flow channel
configurations for fuel cells," J. Power Sources, vol. 189, pp. 1083-1092,
2009.
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performance of a micro PEMFC was investigated
experimentally. The investigation focused on the impacts of
bend angels and rib/channel dimensions of serpentine flow
channel pattern on the performance and investigated how they
improve the performance. The fuel cell employed for these
experiments was a micro single PEMFC with a membrane of
1.44 cm2 Nafion NRE-212. The results show that 60° and 120°
bend angles can provide the better performances at 20 and 40
sccm inlet flow rates comparing to that the conventional design.
Additionally, wider channel with narrower rib spacing gives
better performance. These results may be applied to develop
universal heuristics for the design of flow pattern of micro
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