Analysis of Optimal Heat Transfer in a PEM Fuel Cell Cooling Plate

被引：127

作者：

Chen, F. C. ^{[1
]}

Gao, Z. ^{[1
]}

Loutfy, R. O. ^{[2
]}

Hecht, M. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA

[2] MER Corp, Tucson, AZ 85706 USA

来源：

FUEL CELLS | 2004年 / 3卷 / 04期

关键词：

PEM Fuel Cell; Cooling Plate; Optimal Heat Transfer; Computational Fluid Dynamic Analysis;

D O I：

10.1002/fuce.200330112

中图分类号：

O646 [电化学、电解、磁化学];

学科分类号：

081704 ;

摘要：

An analysis of three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is conducted to investigate the coupled cooling process involved in fluid flow and heat transfer between the solid plate and the coolant flow for optimization of the cooling design of a fuel cell stack. A conception of IUT (Index of Uniform Temperature) across the entire area is presented to evaluate the degree of uniform temperature profile cross the cooling plates. Six cooling modes, including three serpentine-type modes and another three parallel-type modes, are presented and a analyzed for optimization of the cooling mode of fuel cells. The prediction finds that the cooling effect of serpentine-type cooling modes could he better than that of parallel-type cooling modes.

引用

页码：181 / 188

页数：8

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