 Numerical simulation of liquid water transport in perforated cracks of microporous layerRui Lin, Mengcheng Dong, Shunbo Lan and Mingyu Lou Energy, 2023, vol. 262, issue PB Abstract: As a kind of clean energy, proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFCs) are expected to become power source of vehicles. Microporous layer (MPL) enhances the output performance of PEMFC by regulating water management. In this study, a 3D lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) pseudopotential multicomponent model is applied to investigate the effects of perforated cracks in MPL on liquid water distribution and flow regime of liquid water. The perforated cracks can not only reduce capillary resistance and water saturation but also promote liquid water from capillary fingering to viscous fingering essentially, which means enhancement of the permeability of liquid water in the through-plane direction and reduction of percolation in the in-plane direction. The liquid water in perforated cracks is insensitive to the wettability of MPL. This study can give guidance for the practical design and application of MPL with artificial pore structure. Keywords: Perforated crack; Anisotropic liquid water transport; 3D lattice Boltzmann method; Microporous layer; PEMFC (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:energy:v:262:y:2023:i:pb:s036054422202254x DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2022.125372 Access Statistics for this article Energy is currently edited by Henrik Lund and Mark J. Kaiser More articles in Energy from Elsevier |
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