Title :
Numerical modeling and analysis of ejector in the proton exchange membrane fuel cell system
Author :
Zhu, Yinhai ; Li, Yanzhong ; Cai, Wenjian
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Energy & Power Eng., Xi´´an Jiaotong Univ., Xi´´an, China
Abstract :
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technique is employed to study the performance of ejector in the fuel delivery line of polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell system. Four different ejector geometries are established and tested under 34 different working conditions. It is found that the humidity at the ejector exit increases with the pressure ratio alphaP at first then decreases with it. The humidity always decreases with increasing the diameter ratio alphaD. Results show that there is an inverse relationship between the humidity and the entrainment ratio of the ejector.
Keywords :
computational fluid dynamics; numerical analysis; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; computational fluid dynamics; ejector geometries; numerical analysis; proton exchange membrane fuel cell system; Biomembranes; Computational fluid dynamics; Employee welfare; Fuel cells; Geometry; Humidity; Numerical models; Polymers; Protons; Testing; Ejector; Fuel cell; Modeling; PEM;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics and Applications, 2009. ICIEA 2009. 4th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Xi´an
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2799-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2800-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICIEA.2009.5138731