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Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
Type of review: | Open peer review |
Title: | Simulation of mass and heat transfer in an evaporatively cooled PEM fuel cell |
Authors: | Herrendörfer, Robert Cochet, Magali Schumacher, Jürgen |
et. al: | No |
DOI: | 10.3390/en15082734 10.21256/zhaw-25029 |
Published in: | Energies |
Volume(Issue): | 15 |
Issue: | 8 |
Page(s): | 2734 |
Issue Date: | 8-Apr-2022 |
Publisher / Ed. Institution: | MDPI |
ISSN: | 1996-1073 |
Language: | English |
Subjects: | Proton exchange membrane fuel cell; Modeling; Gas diffusion layer; Wettability; Evaporation; Water management; Heat management |
Subject (DDC): | 621.04: Energy engineering |
Abstract: | Evaporative cooling is a promising concept to improve proton exchange membrane fuel cells. While the particular concept based on gas diffusion layers (GDLs) modified with hydrophilic lines (HPILs) has recently been demonstrated, there is a lack in the understanding of the mass and heat transport processes. We have developed a 3-D, non-isothermal, macro-homogeneous numerical model focusing on one interface between a HPIL and an anode gas flow channel (AGFC). In the base case model, water evaporates within a thin film adjacent to the interfaces of the HPIL with the AGFC and with the hydrophobic anode GDL. The largest part of the generated water vapor leaves the cell via the AGFC. The transport to the cathode side is shown to be partly limited by the ab-/desorption into/from the membrane. The cooling due to the latent heat has a strong effect on the local evaporation rate. An increase of the mass transfer coefficient for evaporation leads to a transport limited regime inside the MEA while the transport via the AGFC is limited by evaporation kinetics. |
URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/25029 |
Related research data: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6421776 |
Fulltext version: | Published version |
License (according to publishing contract): | CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International |
Departement: | School of Engineering |
Organisational Unit: | Institute of Computational Physics (ICP) |
Published as part of the ZHAW project: | SCCER-Mobility |
Appears in collections: | Publikationen School of Engineering |
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Herrendörfer, R., Cochet, M., & Schumacher, J. (2022). Simulation of mass and heat transfer in an evaporatively cooled PEM fuel cell. Energies, 15(8), 2734. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15082734
Herrendörfer, R., Cochet, M. and Schumacher, J. (2022) ‘Simulation of mass and heat transfer in an evaporatively cooled PEM fuel cell’, Energies, 15(8), p. 2734. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/en15082734.
R. Herrendörfer, M. Cochet, and J. Schumacher, “Simulation of mass and heat transfer in an evaporatively cooled PEM fuel cell,” Energies, vol. 15, no. 8, p. 2734, Apr. 2022, doi: 10.3390/en15082734.
HERRENDÖRFER, Robert, Magali COCHET und Jürgen SCHUMACHER, 2022. Simulation of mass and heat transfer in an evaporatively cooled PEM fuel cell. Energies. 8 April 2022. Bd. 15, Nr. 8, S. 2734. DOI 10.3390/en15082734
Herrendörfer, Robert, Magali Cochet, and Jürgen Schumacher. 2022. “Simulation of Mass and Heat Transfer in an Evaporatively Cooled PEM Fuel Cell.” Energies 15 (8): 2734. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15082734.
Herrendörfer, Robert, et al. “Simulation of Mass and Heat Transfer in an Evaporatively Cooled PEM Fuel Cell.” Energies, vol. 15, no. 8, Apr. 2022, p. 2734, https://doi.org/10.3390/en15082734.
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