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Experimental Analysis for Variation of Pressure Difference on Flooding in PEM Fuel Cell at Cathode Channel Outlet

Cathode 출구 압력 변화에 따른 PEM Fuel Cell 내에서의 플러딩에 관한 실험적 연구

  • 안득균 (고려대학교 기계공학과 대학원) ;
  • 한성호 (고려대학교 기계공학과 대학원) ;
  • 김경록 (고려대학교 기계공학과 대학원) ;
  • 최영돈 (고려대학교 기계공학과)
  • Published : 2009.10.31
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Abstract

The flooding, especially in channel, is one of the critical issue to put proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) to practical use. In this paper, channel flooding was investigated the pressure difference at cathode channel outlet. A ratio of pressure difference changes to 25, 50% as its variation rate. The pressure variable rate is reflected in dimensionless number FN. As a result, modified dimensionless number $FN^*$ correctly predicted the channel flooding. This study analyzes that a variety of pressure difference is how to affect flooding at the cathode of the PEMFC.

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