Amrit Singh Chandan - a.s.chandan@pgr.bham.ac.uk

Arvin Mossadegh Pour – axm357@bham.ac.uk

Modelling of a 5 Cell IT-PEFC Stack

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PEFCs

H2

O2

H2O

e-

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Introduction

Design an MEA that

Operates at 120oC

Lowers BoP requirements

Be highly durable

Long Lasting

High Efficiency

High Power

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Flow Fields

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Gas Diffusion Layers

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Conventional

Carbon

Metallic

Foam

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The Model

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The Model

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Air In

Air Out

Parallel Flow Cooling Channels

The Model

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Velocity

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Pressure

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Temperature

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Conclusions

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Integrated flow field/GDL:

Improved flow characteristics

Simplified thermal management

Increased system efficiency

Simpler system management

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Future Work

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Integrated flow field/GDL

Optimisation of stack flow

Optimisation of stack gas manifold

Optimisation of stack cooling

Further investigation into electrochemical importance of the GDL

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Acknowledgements • Professor Robert Steinberger-Wilckens

• Dr Neil Rees

• John Geoffery Maillard VI RotE OGL

• Scott Hardman

• Vikrant Venketaraman

• PEFC group

• Dr Edmund Dickinson (Comsol support)

• EPSRC

• RCUK

• Advantage WM

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Thank You For Listening!

Any Questions?

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Amrit Singh Chandan

A.S.Chandan@pgr.bham.ac.uk 24/10/2013 Comsol Conference