Analysis on cooling performance of air cooling channels for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell using computational fluid dynamics (standard, c-shape, multi-pass channels) / Muhammad Faiz Shafee

For a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) to operate efficiently, specific temperature of fuel cell must be held constant during operation at around 80°C - 130°C. One of the common ways to cool down fuel cell is by using air that will pass through the cooling channels which vary in design ins...

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Main Author:	Shafee, Muhammad Faiz
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2010
Subjects:	Machine design and drawing
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.373382020-11-23T04:39:58Z Analysis on cooling performance of air cooling channels for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell using computational fluid dynamics (standard, c-shape, multi-pass channels) / Muhammad Faiz Shafee 2010 Shafee, Muhammad Faiz Machine design and drawing For a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) to operate efficiently, specific temperature of fuel cell must be held constant during operation at around 80°C - 130°C. One of the common ways to cool down fuel cell is by using air that will pass through the cooling channels which vary in design inside the bipolar plate (one of PEMFC component) to cool the PEMFC. The purpose of this study was to analyse the cooling performance of air cooling channels of PEMFC using CFD. Multi-pass configuration emulating heat exchanger (parallel and counter flow), C-shape and standard configuration models are the air cooling channels of interest all of which were designed and integrated into bipolar plate model using CATIA. These designs were simulated using STAR-CCM+ by varying cooling air speed from 0.5m/s to 4m/s while applying constant heat flux of 2400W/m2 to the bipolar plate at room temperature (30°C) and pressure (latm). The simulation then tabulated the parameters needed such as temperature of bipolar plate and cooling air and heat transferred to both aforementioned components. The cooling effectiveness was calculated by obtaining the percentage of heat absorbed by cooling air over heat accumulated by the bipolar plate. The optimum cooling channel is determined by the highest percentage of cooling effectiveness that will maintain the PEMFC temperature at a value needed for efficient operation. 2010 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/37338/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/37338/1/37338.pdf text en public degree Universiti Teknologi MARA Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Atan, Rahim (Associate Prof. Dr)
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spellingShingle	Machine design and drawing Shafee, Muhammad Faiz Analysis on cooling performance of air cooling channels for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell using computational fluid dynamics (standard, c-shape, multi-pass channels) / Muhammad Faiz Shafee
description	For a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) to operate efficiently, specific temperature of fuel cell must be held constant during operation at around 80°C - 130°C. One of the common ways to cool down fuel cell is by using air that will pass through the cooling channels which vary in design inside the bipolar plate (one of PEMFC component) to cool the PEMFC. The purpose of this study was to analyse the cooling performance of air cooling channels of PEMFC using CFD. Multi-pass configuration emulating heat exchanger (parallel and counter flow), C-shape and standard configuration models are the air cooling channels of interest all of which were designed and integrated into bipolar plate model using CATIA. These designs were simulated using STAR-CCM+ by varying cooling air speed from 0.5m/s to 4m/s while applying constant heat flux of 2400W/m2 to the bipolar plate at room temperature (30°C) and pressure (latm). The simulation then tabulated the parameters needed such as temperature of bipolar plate and cooling air and heat transferred to both aforementioned components. The cooling effectiveness was calculated by obtaining the percentage of heat absorbed by cooling air over heat accumulated by the bipolar plate. The optimum cooling channel is determined by the highest percentage of cooling effectiveness that will maintain the PEMFC temperature at a value needed for efficient operation.
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author	Shafee, Muhammad Faiz
author_facet	Shafee, Muhammad Faiz
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title	Analysis on cooling performance of air cooling channels for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell using computational fluid dynamics (standard, c-shape, multi-pass channels) / Muhammad Faiz Shafee
title_short	Analysis on cooling performance of air cooling channels for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell using computational fluid dynamics (standard, c-shape, multi-pass channels) / Muhammad Faiz Shafee
title_full	Analysis on cooling performance of air cooling channels for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell using computational fluid dynamics (standard, c-shape, multi-pass channels) / Muhammad Faiz Shafee
title_fullStr	Analysis on cooling performance of air cooling channels for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell using computational fluid dynamics (standard, c-shape, multi-pass channels) / Muhammad Faiz Shafee
title_full_unstemmed	Analysis on cooling performance of air cooling channels for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell using computational fluid dynamics (standard, c-shape, multi-pass channels) / Muhammad Faiz Shafee
title_sort	analysis on cooling performance of air cooling channels for proton exchange membrane fuel cell using computational fluid dynamics (standard, c-shape, multi-pass channels) / muhammad faiz shafee
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA
granting_department	Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
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Analysis on cooling performance of air cooling channels for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell using computational fluid dynamics (standard, c-shape, multi-pass channels) / Muhammad Faiz Shafee

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