Analysis Of The Effect Of Flow Channel Width On The Performance Of PEMFC

Year 2013, Volume: 17 Issue: 2, 195 - 200, 01.06.2013

Elif Eker Kahveci , İmdat Taymaz

Abstract

In this work, it was analysed the effect of different channel width on performance of PEM fuel cell. Current density were measured on the single cells of parallel flow fields that has 25 cm² active layer, using three different kinds of channel width. The cell width and the channel height remain constant. The results show that increasing the channel width while the cell width remains constant decreases the current density.

Keywords

PEM fuel cell, channel width, current density

Akış Kanalı Genişliğinin PEM Tipi Yakıt Hücresi Performansına Etkisinin İncelenmesi

Abstract

In this work, it was analysed the effect of different channel width on performance of PEM fuel cell. Current density were measured on the single cells of parallel flow fields that has 25 cm² active layer, using three different kinds of channel width. The cell width and the channel height remain constant.The results show that increasing the channel width while the cell width remains constant decreases the current density.

Keywords

PEM yakıt hücresi, kanal genişliği, akım yoğunluğu

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