Advanced Methodology for Emulating Local Operating Conditions in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

This work focuses on the study of operating heterogeneities on a large MEA’s active surface area in a PEMFC stack. An advanced methodology is developed, aiming at the prediction of local operating conditions such as temperature, relative humidity and species concentration. A physics-based Pseudo-3D...

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Main Authors: Marine Cornet, Arnaud Morin, Jean-Philippe Poirot-Crouvezier, Yann Bultel
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author Marine Cornet
Arnaud Morin
Jean-Philippe Poirot-Crouvezier
Yann Bultel
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description This work focuses on the study of operating heterogeneities on a large MEA’s active surface area in a PEMFC stack. An advanced methodology is developed, aiming at the prediction of local operating conditions such as temperature, relative humidity and species concentration. A physics-based Pseudo-3D model developed under COMSOL Multiphysics allows for the observation of heterogeneities over the entire active surface area. Once predicted, these local operating conditions are experimentally emulated, thanks to a differential cell, to provide the local polarization curves and electrochemical impedance spectra. Coupling simulation and experimental, thirty-seven local operating conditions are emulated to examine the degree of correlation between local operating conditions and PEMFC cell performances. Researchers and engineers can use the polarization curves and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy diagrams to fit the variables of an empirical model or to validate the results of a theoretical model.
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spelling doaj-art-9a6eb06a48a3471a962573646dba82362024-12-27T14:20:13ZengMDPI AGData2306-57292024-12-0191215210.3390/data9120152Advanced Methodology for Emulating Local Operating Conditions in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel CellsMarine Cornet0Arnaud Morin1Jean-Philippe Poirot-Crouvezier2Yann Bultel3Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, LITEN, DEHT, 38000 Grenoble, FranceUniv. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, LITEN, DEHT, 38000 Grenoble, FranceUniv. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, LITEN, DEHT, 38000 Grenoble, FranceUniv. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LEPMI, 38000 Grenoble, FranceThis work focuses on the study of operating heterogeneities on a large MEA’s active surface area in a PEMFC stack. An advanced methodology is developed, aiming at the prediction of local operating conditions such as temperature, relative humidity and species concentration. A physics-based Pseudo-3D model developed under COMSOL Multiphysics allows for the observation of heterogeneities over the entire active surface area. Once predicted, these local operating conditions are experimentally emulated, thanks to a differential cell, to provide the local polarization curves and electrochemical impedance spectra. Coupling simulation and experimental, thirty-seven local operating conditions are emulated to examine the degree of correlation between local operating conditions and PEMFC cell performances. Researchers and engineers can use the polarization curves and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy diagrams to fit the variables of an empirical model or to validate the results of a theoretical model.https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5729/9/12/152differential cellPEM fuel celllocal operating conditionspolarization curveselectrochemical impedance spectra
spellingShingle Marine Cornet
Arnaud Morin
Jean-Philippe Poirot-Crouvezier
Yann Bultel
Advanced Methodology for Emulating Local Operating Conditions in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
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differential cell
PEM fuel cell
local operating conditions
polarization curves
electrochemical impedance spectra
title Advanced Methodology for Emulating Local Operating Conditions in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
title_full Advanced Methodology for Emulating Local Operating Conditions in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
title_fullStr Advanced Methodology for Emulating Local Operating Conditions in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
title_full_unstemmed Advanced Methodology for Emulating Local Operating Conditions in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
title_short Advanced Methodology for Emulating Local Operating Conditions in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
title_sort advanced methodology for emulating local operating conditions in proton exchange membrane fuel cells
topic differential cell
PEM fuel cell
local operating conditions
polarization curves
electrochemical impedance spectra
url https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5729/9/12/152
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