Effect of Cooling Flow Channels on the In-plane Temperature Distribution in PEMFC

Zhuo Zhang; Zhendao Li; Wanyu Lin; Junyu Chen; Wenquan Tao

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-67241-5_58

Effect of Cooling Flow Channels on the In-plane Temperature Distribution in PEMFC

Zhuo Zhang, Zhendao Li, Wanyu Lin, Junyu Chen, Wenquan Tao^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Xi'an Jiaotong University

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Abstract

As the power level of the proton exchange membrane fuel cell increases, the thermal management issue becomes gradually prominent. In the present study, the heat transfer performance analysis was conducted on the cooling water flow field in a graphite bipolar plate. The pressure drop, maximum temperature, maximum temperature difference, and temperature uniformity index under different channel or rib widths are compared. A new type of flow field was proposed to reduce pressure drop while improving temperature distribution uniformity. It is found that the influence of changing channel or rib width on temperature uniformity is not significant. However, more fluid space can lead to lower pressure drop. By changing the layout of the flow channel, the new flow field eliminates the local high-temperature area at the outlet position and improves temperature uniformity by 7%. In addition, the widening of the flow channel in the middle region also reduces the pressure drop by 26%.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Computational Heat and Mass Transfer - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computational Heat and Mass Transfer ICCHMT 2023
Editors	Ali Cemal Benim, Rachid Bennacer, Abdulmajeed A. Mohamad, Paweł Ocłoń, Jan Taler, Sang-Ho Suh
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	644-654
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Print)	9783031672408
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-67241-5_58
Publication status	Published - 2024
Externally published	Yes
Event	14th International Conference on Computational Heat and Mass Transfer, ICCHMT 2023 - Düsseldorf, Germany Duration: 4 Sept 2023 → 8 Sept 2023

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
ISSN (Print)	2195-4356
ISSN (Electronic)	2195-4364

Conference

Conference	14th International Conference on Computational Heat and Mass Transfer, ICCHMT 2023
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Düsseldorf
Period	4/09/23 → 8/09/23

Keywords

Cooling Flow Fields
Large-scale PEMFC
Maximum Temperature Difference
Pressure Drop
Temperature Uniformity

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Zhang, Z., Li, Z., Lin, W., Chen, J., & Tao, W. (2024). Effect of Cooling Flow Channels on the In-plane Temperature Distribution in PEMFC. In A. C. Benim, R. Bennacer, A. A. Mohamad, P. Ocłoń, J. Taler, & S.-H. Suh (Eds.), Advances in Computational Heat and Mass Transfer - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computational Heat and Mass Transfer ICCHMT 2023 (pp. 644-654). (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-67241-5_58

Zhang, Zhuo ; Li, Zhendao ; Lin, Wanyu et al. / Effect of Cooling Flow Channels on the In-plane Temperature Distribution in PEMFC. Advances in Computational Heat and Mass Transfer - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computational Heat and Mass Transfer ICCHMT 2023. editor / Ali Cemal Benim ; Rachid Bennacer ; Abdulmajeed A. Mohamad ; Paweł Ocłoń ; Jan Taler ; Sang-Ho Suh. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2024. pp. 644-654 (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering).

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Effect of Cooling Flow Channels on the In-plane Temperature Distribution in PEMFC. / Zhang, Zhuo; Li, Zhendao; Lin, Wanyu et al.
Advances in Computational Heat and Mass Transfer - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computational Heat and Mass Transfer ICCHMT 2023. ed. / Ali Cemal Benim; Rachid Bennacer; Abdulmajeed A. Mohamad; Paweł Ocłoń; Jan Taler; Sang-Ho Suh. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2024. p. 644-654 (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering).

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Zhang Z, Li Z, Lin W, Chen J, Tao W. Effect of Cooling Flow Channels on the In-plane Temperature Distribution in PEMFC. In Benim AC, Bennacer R, Mohamad AA, Ocłoń P, Taler J, Suh SH, editors, Advances in Computational Heat and Mass Transfer - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computational Heat and Mass Transfer ICCHMT 2023. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2024. p. 644-654. (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-67241-5_58

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