Prediction of anode performances of direct methanol fuel cells with different flow-field design using computational simulation

Min soo Hyun; Sang Kyung Kim; Doohwan Jung; Byungrock Lee; Donghyun Peck; Taejin Kim; Yonggun Shul

doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2006.02.023

Prediction of anode performances of direct methanol fuel cells with different flow-field design using computational simulation

Min soo Hyun, Sang Kyung Kim, Doohwan Jung, Byungrock Lee, Donghyun Peck, Taejin Kim, Yonggun Shul

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

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Abstract

Three-dimensional computational simulation was employed to illustrate the performance characteristics according to the flow-field design by solving the physics in the flow field and the diffusion layer and by calculating the electrochemical reaction at the catalyst layer. The pressure loss and the concentration distribution in the anode were analyzed for four types of flow field, parallel, serpentine, parallel serpentine and zigzag type. Also the anode current density distribution was predicted at the various overpotentials. The cell performance was proportional to the pressure drop for all the flow-field types. Zigzag type showed the best performance which has a good resistance against the fuel concentration polarization and the next was serpentine.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	875-885
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Power Sources
Volume	157
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2006.02.023
Publication status	Published - 2006 Jul 3

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Hyun, M. S., Kim, S. K., Jung, D., Lee, B., Peck, D., Kim, T., & Shul, Y. (2006). Prediction of anode performances of direct methanol fuel cells with different flow-field design using computational simulation. Journal of Power Sources, 157(2), 875-885. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2006.02.023

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