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Study on the effects of manifold structure on the gas flow distribution uniformity of anode of PEMFC stack with 140-cell

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  • Yin, Ren-Jie
  • Zeng, Wen-Chao
  • Bai, Fan
  • Chen, Li
  • Tao, Wen-Quan

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The gas maldistribution of the large proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) stack leads to the deterioration of power performance. This numerical investigation studies the gas flow rate distribution in anode of two U-type stacks (a 15-cell stack and a 140-cell stack) which are composed of the same type of unit fuel cells. The anode gas channels of the two stacks are regarded as porous medium whose characteristic parameters are determined from pressure drop test data. To consider the nitrogen permeation from cathode to anode gas channel during the purging process, an expression of an additional momentum source term is proposed which helps to better fit the simulation results with pressure drop test data. Results show that the anode of the 140-cell stack has a quite good flow distribution uniformity. However, its asymmetric feed header of the manifold structure still has some negative effect. The same 140-cell stack installed with a rotational symmetric feed header is investigated and the simulation result shows that it can reduce the original maximum non-uniformity by about 50%.

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  • Yin, Ren-Jie & Zeng, Wen-Chao & Bai, Fan & Chen, Li & Tao, Wen-Quan, 2024. "Study on the effects of manifold structure on the gas flow distribution uniformity of anode of PEMFC stack with 140-cell," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 221(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:221:y:2024:i:c:s0960148123016087
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2023.119693
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