Numerical investigation of enhanced mass transfer flow field on performance improvement of high-temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cell
Lang Cai
School of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, The State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmissions, Chongqing Automotive Collaborative Innovation Centre, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
School of Mechanics and Electronics Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou, China
Search for more papers by this authorJun Zhang
School of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, The State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmissions, Chongqing Automotive Collaborative Innovation Centre, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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Caizhi Zhang
School of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, The State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmissions, Chongqing Automotive Collaborative Innovation Centre, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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Caizhi Zhang, School of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, The State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmissions, Chongqing Automotive Collaborative Innovation Centre, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China.
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Xiaosong Zhang, School of Mechanics and Electronics Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China.
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Search for more papers by this authorJiaming Zhou
School of Intelligent Manufacturing, Weifang University of Science and Technology, Weifang, China
Search for more papers by this authorTao Zeng
School of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, The State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmissions, Chongqing Automotive Collaborative Innovation Centre, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
School of Electrical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
Propulsion Research Institute of Chongqing Changan, New Energy Vehicle Technology Co., Ltd, Chongqing, China
Search for more papers by this authorFengyan Yi
School of Automotive Engineering, Shandong Jiaotong University, Jinan, China
Search for more papers by this authorDonghai Hu
School of Automotive and Traffic Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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Xiaosong Zhang
School of Mechanics and Electronics Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou, China
Correspondence
Caizhi Zhang, School of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, The State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmissions, Chongqing Automotive Collaborative Innovation Centre, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China.
Email: [email protected]
Xiaosong Zhang, School of Mechanics and Electronics Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorLang Cai
School of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, The State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmissions, Chongqing Automotive Collaborative Innovation Centre, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
School of Mechanics and Electronics Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou, China
Search for more papers by this authorJun Zhang
School of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, The State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmissions, Chongqing Automotive Collaborative Innovation Centre, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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Caizhi Zhang
School of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, The State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmissions, Chongqing Automotive Collaborative Innovation Centre, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
Correspondence
Caizhi Zhang, School of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, The State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmissions, Chongqing Automotive Collaborative Innovation Centre, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China.
Email: [email protected]
Xiaosong Zhang, School of Mechanics and Electronics Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorJiaming Zhou
School of Intelligent Manufacturing, Weifang University of Science and Technology, Weifang, China
Search for more papers by this authorTao Zeng
School of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, The State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmissions, Chongqing Automotive Collaborative Innovation Centre, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
School of Electrical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
Propulsion Research Institute of Chongqing Changan, New Energy Vehicle Technology Co., Ltd, Chongqing, China
Search for more papers by this authorFengyan Yi
School of Automotive Engineering, Shandong Jiaotong University, Jinan, China
Search for more papers by this authorDonghai Hu
School of Automotive and Traffic Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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Xiaosong Zhang
School of Mechanics and Electronics Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou, China
Correspondence
Caizhi Zhang, School of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, The State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmissions, Chongqing Automotive Collaborative Innovation Centre, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China.
Email: [email protected]
Xiaosong Zhang, School of Mechanics and Electronics Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China.
Email: [email protected]
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The enhanced mass transfer flow fields have been proven to be an effective measure to improve the cell performance of low-temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells, yet little research has been done for high-temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells (HT-PEMFC). In this work, three types of cathode-enhanced mass transfer flow fields (tapered, staggered-blocked, and blocked) are designed. The effects of various flow fields on the reactant delivery, current density distribution uniformity, and net power output of HT-PEMFC are quantitatively investigated and compared. It is found that the three enhanced mass transfer flow fields can effectively increase the performance of HT-PEMFC by transforming the traditional diffusion into a combination of diffusion and forced convection. In the sight of the superior performance and lower flow resistance, the tapered flow field is thought to be the optimal candidate for HT-PEMFC among the four flow fields, with a 12.21% net power increment and 5.32% current density distribution uniformity improvement at 1.4 A/cm2 compared to the conventional flow field. These results support further performance enhancements and applications of HT-PEMFC.
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