Utilisation of thermograhy in the field of PEM fuel cells

Author

Vaculik, Jan ; Hradilek, Zdenek ; Moldrik, Petr ; Minarik, Daniel

Author_Institution

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

fYear

2015

fDate

20-22 May 2015

Firstpage

488

Lastpage

492

Abstract

The paper deals with utilisation of infrared thermography in the field of hydrogen fuel cells currently being implemented both in stationary and mobile applications. Completed thermovision measurements are used for evaluation of heating curves of particular type of fuel cells represented by the low-temperature cells with a proton exchange membrane (PEM). These cells form part of the experimental power system designed for research on storage of electric power gained from renewable energy sources with an unstable power supply. This system is operated in the Laboratory of fuel cells at VSB - TU Ostrava.

Keywords

infrared imaging; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; renewable energy sources; H₂; PEM fuel cells; VSB-TU Ostrava; electric power; hydrogen fuel cells; infrared thermography; low-temperature cells; power supply; power system; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; renewable energy sources; thermovision measurements; Cameras; Fuel cells; Heating; Hydrogen; Optical surface waves; Power systems; Temperature measurement; heating curve; hydrogen fuel cell; thermography;

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.2015.7161120

Filename

7161120