CFD analysis of temperature distribution of PEM type fuel cell

Author

Kacor, Petr ; Minarik, Daniel ; Moldrik, Petr

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Power Eng., VSB - Tech. Univ. of Ostrava, Poruba, Czech Republic

fYear

2015

fDate

20-22 May 2015

Firstpage

507

Lastpage

512

Abstract

The paper deals with analysis of temperature rise in a fuel cell module using the CFD numerical model. The module is based on a low-temperature fuel cell with polymer electrolytic membrane. There is a simulation of stable condition, when the cell supplies constant output and the system generates waste heat exhausted through the cooling fins. The aim of analysis was to find potential problematic spots with higher temperature rise values. The results of simulation serve for design of an optimal cooling for the fuel cell.

Keywords

computational fluid dynamics; cooling; modules; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; temperature distribution; waste heat; CFD analysis; PEM type fuel cell; computational fluid dynamics; cooling fin; fuel cell module; low-temperature fuel cell; polymer electrolytic membrane; temperature distribution; waste heat; Atmospheric modeling; Computational fluid dynamics; Cooling; Fuel cells; Heating; Solid modeling; Temperature distribution; CFD; Conjugate Heat Transfer; Fuel Cell; PEM; Temperature Rise;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electric Power Engineering (EPE), 2015 16th International Scientific Conference on

Conference_Location

Kouty nad Desnou

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EPE.2015.7161128

Filename

7161128