Experimental Investigation of Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cell Using Different Serpentine Flow Channels

Matha Prasad Adari; P. Lavanya; P. Hara Gopal; T.Praveen Sagar; S. Pavani

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.969.461

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Experimental Investigation of Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cell Using Different Serpentine Flow Channels

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Proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) system is an advanced power system for the future that is sustainable, clean and environmental friendly. The flow channels present in bipolar plates of a PEMFC are responsible for the effective distribution of the reactant gases. Uneven distribution of the reactants can cause variations in current density, temperature, and water content over the area of a PEMFC, thus reducing the performance of PEMFC. By using Serpentine flow field channel, the performance is increased. Two types of serpentine flow field channels are implemented such as curved serpentine flow field channel and normal serpentine flow field channels. The result shows that curved serpentine flow field channel gives better current density and power density, thus increasing the performance of PEMFC.

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Materials Science Forum (Volume 969)

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Matha Prasad Adari, P. Lavanya, P. Hara Gopal, T.Praveen Sagar, S. Pavani

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Bipolar Plate, Current Density, Power Density, Proton Exchange Membrane, Serpentine Flow Field

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