Computation and numerical modeling of fuel concentration distribution and current density on performance of the microfluidic fuel cell

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Yusuf Dewantoro Herlambang ◽  
Anis Roihatin ◽  
Kurnianingsih ◽  
Totok Prasetyo ◽  
Shun-Ching Lee ◽  
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Jingxian Chen ◽  
Peihang Xu ◽  
Jie Lu ◽  
Tiancheng Ouyang ◽  
Chunlan Mo

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Vol 1407 ◽  
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B. López-González ◽  
J. C. Abrego-Martínez ◽  
B. S. Hernández-Sarmiento ◽  
A. Moreno-Zuria ◽  
Youling Wang ◽  
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C. C. Kuo ◽  
W. E. Lear ◽  
J. H. Fletcher ◽  
O. D. Crisalle

A constructive critique and a suite of proposed improvements for a recent one-dimensional semianalytical model of a direct methanol fuel cell are presented for the purpose of improving the predictive ability of the modeling approach. The model produces a polarization curve for a fuel cell system comprised of a single membrane-electrode assembly, based on a semianalytical one-dimensional solution of the steady-state methanol concentration profile across relevant layers of the membrane electrode assembly. The first improvement proposed is a more precise numerical solution method for an implicit equation that describes the overall current density, leading to better convergence properties. A second improvement is a new technique for identifying the maximum achievable current density, an important piece of information necessary to avoid divergence of the implicit-equation solver. Third, a modeling improvement is introduced through the adoption of a linear ion-conductivity model that enhances the ability to better match experimental polarization-curve data at high current densities. Fourth, a systematic method is advanced for extracting anodic and cathodic transfer-coefficient parameters from experimental data via a least-squares regression procedure, eliminating a potentially significant parameter estimation error. Finally, this study determines that the methanol concentration boundary condition imposed on the membrane side of the membrane-cathode interface plays a critical role in the model’s ability to predict the limiting current density. Furthermore, the study argues for the need to carry out additional experimental work to identify more meaningful boundary concentration values realized by the cell.


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Hayder A. Abdulbari ◽  
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Raphaelle Michel ◽  
David A. Harrington ◽  
Ned Djilali ◽  
David Sinton

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