Numerical Study on Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell with 2mm×2mm and 25cm² Serpentine Flow Channel

Abstract:

As fossil fuels are becoming less reliable and more costly, the Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) is emerging as the primary candidate to replace the stationary and transport applications. In this study numerical simulation on PEMFC is done by commercially available Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software. A three-dimensional, model of a single PEM Fuel cell with serpentine flow field design has been used for the study. The numerical model is 3-D steady, incompressible, single phase and isothermal includes the governing of mass, momentum, energy, and species along with electrochemical equations. All of these equations are simultaneously solved in order to get current flux density and H₂, O₂ and H₂O fractions along the flow field design.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 592-594)
• Pages: 1687-1691
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.592-594.1687
• Online since: July 2014
• Authors: Pal Vaibhav, P. Karthikeyan, R. Anand*
• Keywords: CFD Modelling, Flow Channel, H₂, H₂O, PEM Fuel Cell

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