Analysis of cooling performance for air cooling channels of a PEM cell using CFD: inlet geometry design / Nur Hamiza Ramli

This study focused on designing and simulating alternative air inlet geometry of air cooling on a single channel (SSI) and multichannel (MS60) channel types for PEM fuel cell bipolar plate with a power rating of 3kW. Two air inlet geometry designs generated are nozzle type with three different angle...

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Main Author:	Ramli, Nur Hamiza
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2010
Subjects:	Heating and ventilation Air conditioning
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/67303/1/67303.pdf
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.673032022-09-23T03:18:14Z Analysis of cooling performance for air cooling channels of a PEM cell using CFD: inlet geometry design / Nur Hamiza Ramli 2010 Ramli, Nur Hamiza Heating and ventilation. Air conditioning This study focused on designing and simulating alternative air inlet geometry of air cooling on a single channel (SSI) and multichannel (MS60) channel types for PEM fuel cell bipolar plate with a power rating of 3kW. Two air inlet geometry designs generated are nozzle type with three different angles and quarter circle type with three different radiuses. The designs were generated using CATIA software and simulation work using STAR-CCM; a CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) software type. The simulations were conducted to observe and determine whether these new inlet geometry designs give some improvement and better results in heat transfer rate of fuel cell compare to conventional design. The higher heat transfer rate of the fuel cell results in higher heat transfer efficiency of the fuel cell. Each design was simulated in four different velocities from 0.5 m/s to 3.0 m/s with similar boundary conditions such as laminar flow, air inlet temperature, and constant heat flux. The simulation results show that each design generates different flow field that gives higher heat transfer rate than conventional design. The simulated air inlet geometry shows 0.04% to 24.6% improvement on heat transfer rate of a bipolar plate fuel cell. The best design of air inlet geometry is 15 degree nozzle type. 2010 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/67303/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/67303/1/67303.pdf text en public degree Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Atan, Rahim
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topic	Heating and ventilation Air conditioning
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description	This study focused on designing and simulating alternative air inlet geometry of air cooling on a single channel (SSI) and multichannel (MS60) channel types for PEM fuel cell bipolar plate with a power rating of 3kW. Two air inlet geometry designs generated are nozzle type with three different angles and quarter circle type with three different radiuses. The designs were generated using CATIA software and simulation work using STAR-CCM; a CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) software type. The simulations were conducted to observe and determine whether these new inlet geometry designs give some improvement and better results in heat transfer rate of fuel cell compare to conventional design. The higher heat transfer rate of the fuel cell results in higher heat transfer efficiency of the fuel cell. Each design was simulated in four different velocities from 0.5 m/s to 3.0 m/s with similar boundary conditions such as laminar flow, air inlet temperature, and constant heat flux. The simulation results show that each design generates different flow field that gives higher heat transfer rate than conventional design. The simulated air inlet geometry shows 0.04% to 24.6% improvement on heat transfer rate of a bipolar plate fuel cell. The best design of air inlet geometry is 15 degree nozzle type.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Bachelor degree
author	Ramli, Nur Hamiza
author_facet	Ramli, Nur Hamiza
author_sort	Ramli, Nur Hamiza
title	Analysis of cooling performance for air cooling channels of a PEM cell using CFD: inlet geometry design / Nur Hamiza Ramli
title_short	Analysis of cooling performance for air cooling channels of a PEM cell using CFD: inlet geometry design / Nur Hamiza Ramli
title_full	Analysis of cooling performance for air cooling channels of a PEM cell using CFD: inlet geometry design / Nur Hamiza Ramli
title_fullStr	Analysis of cooling performance for air cooling channels of a PEM cell using CFD: inlet geometry design / Nur Hamiza Ramli
title_full_unstemmed	Analysis of cooling performance for air cooling channels of a PEM cell using CFD: inlet geometry design / Nur Hamiza Ramli
title_sort	analysis of cooling performance for air cooling channels of a pem cell using cfd: inlet geometry design / nur hamiza ramli
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
granting_department	Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
publishDate	2010
url	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/67303/1/67303.pdf
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Analysis of cooling performance for air cooling channels of a PEM cell using CFD: inlet geometry design / Nur Hamiza Ramli

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