<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A fuel cell is a device that can directly transfer chemical energy to electric and thermal energy. Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) are highly efficient power generators, achieving up to 50-60% conversion efficiency, even at sizes of a few kilowatts. There are several compelling technological and commercial reasons for operating H<sub>2</sub>/air PEM fuel cells at temperatures above 100 °C; rates of electrochemical kinetics are enhanced, water management and cooling is simplified, useful waste heat can be recovered, and lower quality reformed hydrogen may be used as the fuel. All of the High Temperature PEMFC model equations are solved with finite element method using commercial software package COMSOL Multiphysics. The results from PEM fuel cell modeling were presented in terms of reactant (oxygen and hydrogen) concentrations and water concentration in the anode and cathode gases; the polarization curve of the cell was also displayed.</p></abstract>

A fuel cell is a device that can directly transfer chemical energy to electric and thermal energy. Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) are highly efficient power generators, achieving up to 50-60% conversion efficiency, even at sizes of a few kilowatts. There are several compelling technological and commercial reasons for operating H2/air PEM fuel cells at temperatures above 100 °C; rates of electrochemical kinetics are enhanced, water management and cooling is simplified, useful waste heat can be recovered, and lower quality reformed hydrogen may be used as the fuel. All of the High Temperature PEMFC model equations are solved with finite element method using commercial software package COMSOL Multiphysics. The results from PEM fuel cell modeling were presented in terms of reactant (oxygen and hydrogen) concentrations and water concentration in the anode and cathode gases; the polarization curve of the cell was also displayed.

High temperature PEM fuel cell steady-state transport modeling

Department of Physics and Electronics, Ovidius University of Constanta, 124 Mamaia Blvd, 900527, Romania

Ovidius University Annals of Chemistry

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A fuel cell is a device that can directly transfer chemical energy to electric and thermal energy. Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) are highly...

High temperature PEM fuel cell steady-state transport modeling

Published Online: Oct 20, 2013

Page range: 55 - 60

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/auoc-2013-0011

Keywords
Maxwell-Stefan equation, molar concentration, polarization curve

This content is open access.

High temperature PEM fuel cell steady-state transport modeling

Published Online: Oct 20, 2013

Page range: 55 - 60

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/auoc-2013-0011

KeywordsMaxwell-Stefan equation, molar concentration, polarization curve

This content is open access.

Keywords
Maxwell-Stefan equation, molar concentration, polarization curve