EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES FOR DISTRIBUTION AND BEHAVIOR OF WATER IN PEMFC UNDER FLOW DIRECTION AND DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE USING NEUTRON IMAGING TECHNIQUE
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- Title
- EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES FOR DISTRIBUTION AND BEHAVIOR OF WATER IN PEMFC UNDER FLOW DIRECTION AND DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE USING NEUTRON IMAGING TECHNIQUE
- Authors
- Kim, T; Kim, J; Sim, C; Lee, S; Massound Kaviany; Son, S; Kim, M
- Date Issued
- 2009-02-21
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
- Abstract
- In this investigation, we prepared a 3-parallel serpentine single PEMFC which has an active area of 25 cm(2) and a flow channel cross section of I x I mm. Distribution and transport of water in an operating PEMFC were observed by varying the flow directions (co-current and counter-current) in each channel and the differential pressures (100, 200, 300 kPa) applied between the anode and cathode channels. This investigation was performed at the neutron imaging facility at the NIST of which the collimation ratio and neutron fluence rate are 600, 7.2 x 10(6) n/S/cm(2), respectively. Neutron image was continuously recorded by an amorphous silicon flat panel detector every 1 s during the operation of the fuel cell. It has been observed that the differential pressure affects the total amount of water produced while the flow direction affects the spatial distribution of water when the neutron images were analyzed for several different operating conditions. More specifically, the amount of water production in the fuel cell increased as the partial pressure increases at a given current density and the water production was more uniform for the counter current than the co-current case. It is shown that the neutron imaging technique is a powerful tool to visualize the PEMFC. The information on the water distribution and behavior at an operating PEMFC helps improve the efficiency of PEMFC. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
- Keywords
- PEMFC; Water management; Neutron imaging technique; Visualization
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/29048
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.nima.2008.11.083
- ISSN
- 0168-9002
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, vol. 600, no. 1, page. 325 - 327, 2009-02-21
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