Experimental Method to Determine the Mass Transport Resistance of a Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell

2006 ◽  
Vol 153 (9) ◽  
pp. A1788 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uwe Beuscher
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Mass Transport ◽  
Experimental Method ◽  
Polymer Electrolyte ◽  
Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell

Modeling of Flow and Transport Processes Occurred in a Typical Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC)

2008 ◽  
Vol 273-276 ◽  
pp. 87-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Vakouftsi ◽  
G. Marnellos ◽  
C. Athanasiou ◽  
Frank A. Coutelieris
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Mass Transport ◽  
Polymer Electrolyte ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Transport Processes ◽  
Porous Electrodes ◽  
Heterogeneous Reactions ◽  
Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell ◽  
Fuel Cell Performance

In the present work, a three dimensional model examining the fluid flow along with the fundamental transport phenomena occurring in a typical polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEMFC), i.e. heat transfer, mass transport and charge transfer, has been developed. The flow field was simulated according to the well known Navier-Stokes equations, while the heat transfer was described by the typical conduction/convection equation and the mass transport by the convection/diffusion one. Furthermore, reaction kinetics were studied by the Butler-Volmer equation for the heterogeneous reactions occurring at the porous electrodes. The developed model was numerically solved by using the commercially available CFD package CFD-RC©, which is based on the multi-step finite volume method. The fuel cell performance in terms of velocity, temperature, mass fractions of active compounds and electric field has been investigated as well.

Development of small polymer electrolyte fuel cell stacks

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
V A Paganin ◽  
E A Ticianelli ◽  
E R Gonzalez
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Polymer Electrolyte ◽  
Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell

scholarly journals H2-CO2 polymer electrolyte fuel cell that generates power while evolving CH4 at the Pt0.8Ru0.2/C cathode

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shofu Matsuda ◽  
Yuuki Niitsuma ◽  
Yuta Yoshida ◽  
Minoru Umeda
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Electric Power ◽  
Polymer Electrolyte ◽  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell ◽  
Cell Temperature ◽  
Faradaic Efficiency ◽  
Carbon Capture And Utilization ◽  
Electrode Potentials ◽  
A Cell

AbstractGenerating electric power using CO2 as a reactant is challenging because the electroreduction of CO2 usually requires a large overpotential. Herein, we report the design and development of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell driven by feeding H2 and CO2 to the anode (Pt/C) and cathode (Pt0.8Ru0.2/C), respectively, based on their theoretical electrode potentials. Pt–Ru/C is a promising electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction at a low overpotential; consequently, CH4 is continuously produced through CO2 reduction with an enhanced faradaic efficiency (18.2%) and without an overpotential (at 0.20 V vs. RHE) was achieved when dilute CO2 is fed at a cell temperature of 40 °C. Significantly, the cell generated electric power (0.14 mW cm−2) while simultaneously yielding CH4 at 86.3 μmol g−1 h−1. These results show that a H2-CO2 fuel cell is a promising technology for promoting the carbon capture and utilization (CCU) strategy.

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