A PEM fuel cell with metal foam as flow distributor

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Title:	A PEM fuel cell with metal foam as flow distributor
Authors:	曾重仁;Tseng, Chung-Jen;Tsai, Bin Tsang;Liu, Zhong-Sheng;Cheng, Tien-Chun;Chang, Wen-Chen;Lo, Shih-Kun
Contributors:	工學院能源工程研究所
Keywords:	Applied sciences;Channels;Convective flow;Distributors;electrical conductivity;Energy;Exact sciences and technology;Flow distributor;foams;Fuel cells;graphene;mass transfer;Mass transport;Metal foam;Metal foams;PEM fuel cell;porosity;Resistivity;Unit cell;Weight reduction
Date:	2012-10-01
Issue Date:	2026-04-23 11:56:04 (UTC+8)
Publisher:	Elsevier Ltd.;Kidlington: Elsevier Ltd
Abstract:	摘要： ► Metal foams are used to replace conventional flow channels as the flow distributor. ► Cell with metal foam out-performs the conventional cell with flow channel plate. ► Mass transport limitation phenomenon is not as obvious as in conventional unit cell. ► This is due to metal foam’s high porosity plus convective flow through the foam. ► Even operated at 40°C, the current density reaches 1870mAcm−2 at 0.6V. In this work, we report our experimental results of the PEM fuel cell with metal foam as flow distributor. These experimental results show the characteristics of the PEM fuel cell with the metal foam as flow distributor and extend our understanding of the relation between cell performance and mass transport properties into a region of parameters that the conventional PEM unit cell cannot provide. The comparison in polarization curve is made between the PEM unit cell with different metal-foam properties and the PEM unit cell with graphite flow channel plate as flow distributor. The experimental results show that the PEM fuel cell with metal foam as flow distributor possesses some unique characteristics compared with the conventional PEM unit cell with flow channel plate as flow distributor. The unique characteristics are listed in this paper with our preliminary analysis. Due to the high porosity of metal-foam (as high as 95%) plus convective flow through the metal-foam, mass transport limitation phenomenon is not as pronounced as in the case of conventional PEM unit cell with flow channel plate as flow distributor. Another interesting phenomenon is that electrical conductivity of metal-foam plays a significant role in performance, which is seldom the case in the conventional PEM unit cell with flow channel plate as flow distributor. Although there are several technical challenges to be overcome for the current form of metal-foam to replace flow channel plates, the unique mass-transport properties of metal foam plus its light weight are very attractive. 出版者： Kidlington: Elsevier Ltd 出版日期： 2012-10-01 出處： Energy conversion and management, 2012-10, Vol.62, p.14-21 版權： 2012 Elsevier Ltd 版權： 2014 INIST-CNRS 識別號： ISSN: 0196-8904 識別號： EISSN: 1879-2227 識別號： DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2012.03.018 識別號： CODEN: ECMADL
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