Experimental investigation on the performance of a PEM fuel cell with an open pore cellular foam flow channel

F.N. Khatib; T. Wilberforce; A. Al-Makky; J. Thompson; A.G. Olabi

Experimental investigation on the performance of a PEM fuel cell with an open pore cellular foam flow channel

F.N. Khatib
, T. Wilberforce (Contributor)
, A. Al-Makky (Contributor)
, J. Thompson (Contributor)
, A.G. Olabi (Contributor)

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Abstract

This investigation considered the possibility of replacing the traditional flow channel in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) with an open pore cellular foam material. The work considered varying several physical parameters to ascertain the impact on the PEM fuel cell performance. Again, the water management of the fuel cell using this viable technological design
approach was critically analysed and the results compared with the traditional fuel cell. With the help of polarisation curves, the performance of the open
pore cellular foam material was seen significantly better when compared to the serpentine flow channel design. The experimental data was compared with the mathematical model and there was a good balance between the results. It was observed that the current density for a porous channel increased by 75% to that of traditional serpentine flow channel.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 4 Oct 2017
Event	12th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems - Hotel Valamar Lacroma Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik, Croatia Duration: 4 Oct 2017 → 8 Oct 2017 http://www.dubrovnik2017.sdewes.org/

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Conference	12th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems
Abbreviated title	12th SDEWES Conference
Country/Territory	Croatia
City	Dubrovnik
Period	4/10/17 → 8/10/17
Internet address	http://www.dubrovnik2017.sdewes.org/

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Experimental investigation on the performance of a PEM fuel cell with an open pore cellular foam flow channel. / Khatib, F.N.; Wilberforce, T. (Contributor); Al-Makky, A. (Contributor) et al.
2017. Poster session presented at 12th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, Dubrovnik, Croatia.

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Experimental investigation on the performance of a PEM fuel cell with an open pore cellular foam flow channel

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