Muthukumar Marappan
Performance Studies of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells with Different Flow Field Designs – Review
Marappan, Muthukumar; Palaniswamy, Karthikeyan; Velumani, Thiagarajan; Chul, Kim Byung; Velayutham, Rajavel; Shivakumar, Praveenkumar; Sundaram, Senthilarasu
Authors
Karthikeyan Palaniswamy
Thiagarajan Velumani
Kim Byung Chul
Rajavel Velayutham
Praveenkumar Shivakumar
Dr Senthilarasu Sundaram S.Sundaram@napier.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Abstract
Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) is majorly used for power generation without producing any emission. In PEMFC, the water generated in the cathode heavily affects the performance of fuel cell which needs better water management. The flow channel designs, dimensions, shape and size of the rib/channel, effective area of the flow channel and material properties are considered for better water management and performance enhancement of the PEMFC in addition to the inlet reactant's mass flow rate, flow directions, relative humidity, pressure and temperature. With the purpose of increasing the output energy of the fuel cell, many flow field designs are being developed continuously. In this paper, the performance of various conventional, modified, hybrid and new flow field designs of the PEMFC is studied in detail. Further the effects of channel tapering, channel bending, landing to channels width ratios, channel cross-sections and insertion of baffles/blockages/pin-fins/inserts are reviewed. The power density of the flow field designs, the physical parameters like active area, dimensions of channel/rib, number of channels; and the operating parameters like temperature and pressure are also tabulated.
Citation
Marappan, M., Palaniswamy, K., Velumani, T., Chul, K. B., Velayutham, R., Shivakumar, P., & Sundaram, S. (2021). Performance Studies of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells with Different Flow Field Designs – Review. Chemical Record, 21(4), 663-714. https://doi.org/10.1002/tcr.202000138
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jan 13, 2021 |
Online Publication Date | Feb 5, 2021 |
Publication Date | 2021-04 |
Deposit Date | Mar 12, 2023 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 13, 2023 |
Journal | The Chemical Record |
Print ISSN | 1527-8999 |
Publisher | Chemical Society of Japan |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 21 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 663-714 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1002/tcr.202000138 |
Keywords | channel design, flow field, fuel cells, PEMFC, water management |
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