NUMERICAL STUDIES ON FLOW FIELD SELECTION OF PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS
Keywords:
PEMFC, Flow field, Cathode and anode, Bipolar plateAbstract
Proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC), as one of the ideal source, has attracted attention because of its advantages such as high efficiency, high specific energy and low pollution. Bipolar plate, the essential components of PEMFC, accounts for 60% of the weight of the cell. The design of flow field on bipolar plate has great influence on the performance of PEMFC, operation efficiency and manufacturing cost. In this paper, some common flow field such as multi-passes serpentine flow field, swivel flow field and parallel flow field are selected to analysis the changes of performance of PEMFC, trying to find the reasonable flow field of cathode and anode.References
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