Numerical Study on the Influence of Cathode Flow Channel Baffles on PEM Fuel Cell Performance

摘要：

　　A proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell is an electrochemical device that directly converts chemical energy of hydrogen into electric energy.The structure of the flow channel is critical to the PEM fuel cell performance.In this paper,the effect of the cathode flow channel baffles on PEM fuel cell performance was investigated numerically.A three-dimensional model was established for the PEM fuel cell which consisted of bipolar plates with three serpentine flow channels,gas diffusion layers,catalyst layers and PEM.Baffles were added in the cathode flow channels to study the effect of the cathode flow channel baffle on the PEM fuel cell performance.And then,numerical simulation for the PEM fuel cell with various cathode channel baffle heights ranging from 0.2 mm to 0.6 mm was conducted.The simulated results show that there existed an optimal cathode flow channel baffle height in terms of the electrochemical performance as all other parameters of the PEM fuel cell were kept constant.It is found that the PEM fuel cell had the good electrochemical performance as the flow channel baffles height was 0.4mm in this work.

关键词： PEM fuel cell cathode flow channel baffle electrochemical performance numerical simulation

作者: Xiang Shen Jinzhu Tan Yun Li

作者单位: School of Mechanical and Power Engineering,Nanjing Tech University,Nanjing,Jiangsu 211816,China

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2016 International Symposium on Structural Integrity，ISSI—2016(2016国际结构完整性研讨会)

会议地点: 天津

会议语种:英文

页码: 410-415

在线出版日期: 2016-05-26（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）