Numerical Study on Humidification Performance of Fuel Cell Test Platform Humidifier

Tiancai Ma, Kai Wang, Qiongqiong Zhou, Weikang Lin, Ming Cong and Wenya Jia
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Tiancai Ma: Clean Energy Automotive Engineering Center, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China
Kai Wang: Clean Energy Automotive Engineering Center, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China
Qiongqiong Zhou: School of Economics and Management, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
Weikang Lin: Clean Energy Automotive Engineering Center, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China
Ming Cong: Clean Energy Automotive Engineering Center, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China
Wenya Jia: Clean Energy Automotive Engineering Center, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China

Energies, 2019, vol. 12, issue 20, 1-14

Abstract: Temperature and humidity are important parameters in the operation of proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC), which have an important impact on the performance of fuel cell. Fuel cell test platform is an important tool to study the performance of fuel cells, and its temperature and humidity control module is also the key in the research process of the test platform, so that it can provide the gas with precise temperature and humidity control during the test process of the fuel cell. In this paper, a humidifier combined with bubbling and spraying is adopted for the application of test platform, and the numerical simulation model of the humidifier is established. According to the model, the influence of operating conditions of humidifier on humidification performance is verified, such as inlet air velocity and the humidifying water temperature. The results indicate that the inlet air velocity and the humidifying water temperature have great influence on the humidifying performance of the humidifier. The humidifying performance decreases with the increase of the inlet air velocity and increases with the increase of the humidifying water temperature respectively. In addition, the humidification performance of the humidifier is verified.

Keywords: proton exchange membrane fuel cell; humidifier; liquid water jet humidification; bubbling humidification (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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