| Publication type: | Conference paper |
| Type of review: | Editorial review |
| Title: | A model for planar self-breathing proton exchange membrane fuel cells in FEMLAB |
| Authors: | Ziegler, Christoph Tranitz, Marco Schumacher, Jürgen |
| Proceedings: | Proceedings and user presentations CD - COMSOL Multiphysics Conference 2005 |
| Conference details: | COMSOL Conference, Frankfurt a.M., Germany, 2-4 November 2005 |
| Issue Date: | 2005 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | COMSOL Group |
| ISBN: | 0976679213 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Self-breathing; Fuel cell; Modelling |
| Subject (DDC): | 621.3: Electrical, communications, control engineering |
| Abstract: | A mathematical model of planar self-breathing fuel cells is developed and validated. The geometry of the model is a two-dimensional symmetric element of a planar self-breathing fuel cell. The multicomponent transport of the species is considered as well as the couplings between the transport processes of heat, charge, and mass, and the electrochemical reactions. The cell model is validated by comparison of the measured overall performance of a planar self-breathing fuel cell to the predictions of the model. The model is applied to study the behavior of planar self-breathing fuel cells during operation. The results of this study show that the mass transport, the charge transport, the heat transport, and the electrochemical reactions are strongly coupled. The consideration of these couplings is essential for the validity of the simulation results. The gas distribution, the potential distribution, and the temperature distribution are in?uenced by the geometric design of the cathode end-plate. Thus the charge generation rate in the active area of the cathode and anode is affected by the ribs of the cathode end-plate. A strong non-uniformity of the current distribution over the cathode is found. Based on the model, improvements of the fuel cell design and the components are suggested. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/11726 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
| Departement: | School of Engineering |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Computational Physics (ICP) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen School of Engineering |
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Ziegler, C., Tranitz, M., & Schumacher, J. (2005). A model for planar self-breathing proton exchange membrane fuel cells in FEMLAB. Proceedings and User Presentations CD - COMSOL Multiphysics Conference 2005.
Ziegler, C., Tranitz, M. and Schumacher, J. (2005) ‘A model for planar self-breathing proton exchange membrane fuel cells in FEMLAB’, in Proceedings and user presentations CD - COMSOL Multiphysics Conference 2005. COMSOL Group.
C. Ziegler, M. Tranitz, and J. Schumacher, “A model for planar self-breathing proton exchange membrane fuel cells in FEMLAB,” in Proceedings and user presentations CD - COMSOL Multiphysics Conference 2005, 2005.
ZIEGLER, Christoph, Marco TRANITZ und Jürgen SCHUMACHER, 2005. A model for planar self-breathing proton exchange membrane fuel cells in FEMLAB. In: Proceedings and user presentations CD - COMSOL Multiphysics Conference 2005. Conference paper. COMSOL Group. 2005. ISBN 0976679213
Ziegler, Christoph, Marco Tranitz, and Jürgen Schumacher. 2005. “A Model for Planar Self-Breathing Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells in FEMLAB.” Conference paper. In Proceedings and User Presentations CD - COMSOL Multiphysics Conference 2005. COMSOL Group.
Ziegler, Christoph, et al. “A Model for Planar Self-Breathing Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells in FEMLAB.” Proceedings and User Presentations CD - COMSOL Multiphysics Conference 2005, COMSOL Group, 2005.
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