Analysis of Optimal Heat Transfer in a PEM Fuel Cell Cooling Plate

F. C. Chen; Z. Gao; R. O. Loutfy; M. Hecht

doi:10.1002/fuce.200330112

Analysis of Optimal Heat Transfer in a PEM Fuel Cell Cooling Plate

F. C. Chen, Z. Gao, R. O. Loutfy, M. Hecht

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An analysis of three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is conducted to investigate the coupled cooling process involved in fluid flow and heat transfer between the solid plate and the coolant flow for optimization of the cooling design of a fuel cell stack. A conception of IUT (Index of Uniform Temperature) across the entire area is presented to evaluate the degree of uniform temperature profile across the cooling plates. Six cooling modes, including three serpentine-type modes and another three parallel-type modes, are presented and analyzed for optimization of the cooling mode of fuel cells. The prediction finds that the cooling effect of serpentine-type cooling modes could be better than that of parallel-type cooling modes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	181-188
Number of pages	8
Journal	Fuel Cells
Volume	3
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/fuce.200330112
State	Published - 2003

Keywords

Computational Fluid Dynamic Analysis
Cooling Plate
Optimal Heat Transfer
PEM Fuel Cell

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