文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Comprehensive investigation on impacts of flow uniformity on performance of large-scale PEM fuel cells

作者：Wang, Bin[1];Pan, Weitong[1,2];Hu, Zichao[1];Zhang, Guoyu[1];Tang, Longfei[1];Chen, Xueli[1];Wang, Fuchen[1]

机构：[1]East China Univ Sci & Technol, Engn Res Ctr Resource Utilizat Carbon Containing W, Minist Educ, Shanghai 200237, Peoples R China;[2]East China Univ Sci & Technol, Div Proc Equipment Sci & Engn, Shanghai 200237, Peoples R China

年份：2025

卷号：332

外文期刊名：ENERGY

收录：;EI(收录号：20252518625209);WOS:【SCI-EXPANDED(收录号:WOS:001512893900009)】；

基金：The research is supported by Shanghai YangFan Program (24YF2709200) and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Uni-versity (JKCB1241102) .

语种：英文

外文关键词：Large-scale proton exchange membrane fuel cell; Transition zone; Flow uniformity; Transverse flow; Momentum and mass transfer

摘要：Flow uniformity has a significant influence on the performance of large-scale Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cells, which has not been thoroughly clarified in relevant studies. The objective of this work is to comprehensively examine the impacts of flow uniformity on cell performance by varying the channel geometry in the reaction zone and the transition zone percentage. Firstly, the evaluation of output performance is presented. Increasing the transition zone percentage brings cell performance closer to the Uniform scenario. However, for cases with confined transition zones, narrowing, extending, and lowering channels result in cell performance being lower (-0.101 A cm- 2), equal (0.000 A cm- 2), and higher (0.060 A cm- 2) than the Uniform scenario, respectively. Secondly, the underlying mechanism is revealed based on the analyses of momentum and mass transfer. A reduced transition zone percentage corresponds to diminished flow uniformity. The change in the performance of cells with confined transition zones is related to the fluid redistribution characteristic, which is achieved by the transverse flow in the porous medium. The enhanced transverse flow transitions the mass transfer of reactant from restricted to improved. On this basis, three operating states of cells-starvation, satisfaction, and satiation-are defined and clarified.