Numerical Modeling of Velocity and Temperature Distributions in a Bipolar Plate of PEM Electrolysis Cell with Greatly Improved Flow Uniformity
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
11-13-2010
Publication Title
Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
Publisher
ASME
Volume
6
First page number:
595
Last page number:
601
Abstract
In this present work, finite volume method was used to simulate the three-dimensional water flow and heat transfer in a flow field plate of the proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolysis cell. The standard k-εmodel together with standard wall function method was used to model three-dimensional fluid flow and heat transfer. First, numerical simulations were performed for a basic bipolar plate and it was found that the flow distribution inside the channels in not uniform. The design of the basic bipolar plate has been changed to a new model, which is featured with multiple inlets and multiple outlets. Numerical results show that the flow and temperature distributions for the new design become much homogeneous.
Keywords
Fluid dynamics; Heat – Transmission; Proton exchange membrane fuel cells
Disciplines
Energy Systems | Fluid Dynamics | Heat Transfer, Combustion | Mechanical Engineering | Thermodynamics
Language
English
Permissions
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Repository Citation
Kasukurthi, J.,
Veepuri, K. M.,
Nie, J.,
Chen, Y.
(2010).
Numerical Modeling of Velocity and Temperature Distributions in a Bipolar Plate of PEM Electrolysis Cell with Greatly Improved Flow Uniformity.
Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, 6
595-601.
ASME.
Comments
Conference held: Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA, November 13–19, 2009