Simulation of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell by using ANSYS Fluent

1st International Conference on Advances in Engineering and Technology

Awan, Asifa^1 ; Saleem, Mahmood^1 ; Basit, Abdul^2

Institute of Chemical Engineering, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan^1

Department of Chemical Engineering, University Technology PETRONAS, Malaysia^2

关键词: ANSYS Fluent;    Computational fluid dynamics simulations;    Fuel cell performance;    Isothermal conditions;    Non-isothermal condition;    Operating temperature;    Proton exchange membranes;    Simulation;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/414/1/012045/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/414/1/012045

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) are attractive alternative source of electricity. The current study involves the computational fluid dynamics simulations of PEMFC under isothermal and non-isothermal conditions to investigate the performance of fuel cell. Effect of pressure and temperature on fuel cell performance is studied under non-isothermal conditions. PEMFC is modeled at 323 K and 1 atm under isothermal conditions whereas under non-isothermal conditions, the simulation is run on 353 K and 3 atm. The results show that the current density increases with increase in operating pressure of PEMFC and vice-versa with operating temperature.