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Simulation and Optimization of Air-Cooled PEMFC Stack for Lightweight Hybrid Vehicle Application

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  • Jingming Liang
  • Zefeng Wu

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A model of 2 kW air-cooled proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) stack has been built based upon the application of lightweight hybrid vehicle after analyzing the characteristics of heat transfer of the air-cooled stack. Different dissipating models of the air-cooled stack have been simulated and an optimal simulation model for air-cooled stack called convection heat transfer (CHT) model has been figured out by applying the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software, based on which, the structure of the air-cooled stack has been optimized by adding irregular cooling fins at the end of the stack. According to the simulation result, the temperature of the stack has been equally distributed, reducing the cooling density and saving energy. Finally, the 2 kW hydrogen-air air-cooled PEMFC stack is manufactured and tested by comparing the simulation data which is to find out its operating regulations in order to further optimize its structure.

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  • Jingming Liang & Zefeng Wu, 2015. "Simulation and Optimization of Air-Cooled PEMFC Stack for Lightweight Hybrid Vehicle Application," Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Hindawi, vol. 2015, pages 1-11, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:hin:jnlmpe:738207
    DOI: 10.1155/2015/738207
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