Internal water management in proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell has been considered as one of most significant key factors for its performance enhancement. It is because relative humidity of hydrogen and air is strongly related to the performance of PEM fuel cell in terms of H+ movement within the membrane. In addition, production of H2O by chemical reactions can bring several problems during concentration loss region since combination of vapor in supplying air and byproduct of chemical reaction should lead to excess H2O remaining in PEM fuel cell, resulting flooding phenomena which may block air flow channels. Therefore, in order to understand and manage such phenomena to enhance the performance of PEM fuel cell, especially under concentration loss region, this paper focuses on the visualization of the flooding phenomena and application of the modified flow path on the cathode separator for flooding reduction.
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ASME 2009 7th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels
June 22–24, 2009
Pohang, South Korea
Conference Sponsors:
- Nanotechnology Institute
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978-0-7918-4349-9
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Flooding Visualization and Enhanced Water Management in PEM Fuel Cell
Hyung Hee Cho,
Hyung Hee Cho
Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Sanghoon Lee,
Sanghoon Lee
Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Dong-Ho Rhee
Dong-Ho Rhee
Korea Aerospace Research Institute, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Hyung Hee Cho
Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Sanghoon Lee
Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Dong-Ho Rhee
Korea Aerospace Research Institute, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Paper No:
ICNMM2009-82129, pp. 1223-1230; 8 pages
Published Online:
September 21, 2010
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Cho, HH, Lee, S, & Rhee, D. "Flooding Visualization and Enhanced Water Management in PEM Fuel Cell." Proceedings of the ASME 2009 7th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels. ASME 2009 7th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels. Pohang, South Korea. June 22–24, 2009. pp. 1223-1230. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/ICNMM2009-82129
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