Recent advances in heat and water management of forced-convection open-cathode proton exchange membrane fuel cells

S **ng, C Zhao, J Zou, S Zaman, Y Yu, H Gong… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Forced-convection open-cathode proton exchange membrane fuel cells (FCOC-PEMFCs)
can directly use ambient air to supply oxygen and provide cooling without a complex air …

Analysis and review on air-cooled open cathode proton exchange membrane fuel cells: Bibliometric, environmental adaptation and prospect

C Zhao, F Wang, X Wu - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Air-cooled open cathode proton exchange membrane fuel cells is considered an ideal
portable power source due to its lightweight and few auxiliary components. However, the …

Thermal management improvement of air-cooled proton exchange membrane fuel cell by using metal foam flow field

Z Wan, H Yan, Y Sun, C Yang, X Chen, X Kong… - Applied energy, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The key factor that limits the output performance and commercial applications of air-cooled
proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) is how to maintain the balance between heat …

Air flow and pressure optimization for air supply in proton exchange membrane fuel cell system

H Chen, Z Liu, X Ye, L Yi, S Xu, T Zhang - Energy, 2022‏ - Elsevier
To study the air supply of proton exchange fuel cell (PEMFC) system to avoid air starvation,
a proton PEMFC system model mainly including the stack (30 kW, 240 cells, 190 cm 2 …

Performance enhancement of air-cooled PEMFC stack by employing tapered oblique fin channels: Experimental study of a full stack and numerical analysis of a …

KQ Zhu, Q Ding, BX Zhang, JH Xu, DD Li, YR Yang… - Applied Energy, 2024‏ - Elsevier
In this study, a novel cathode flow field plate with additional tapered oblique fin (OF)
channels is proposed for air-cooled proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) to …

Improvement of thermal and water management of air-cooled polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells by adding porous media into the cathode gas channel

M Peng, L Chen, R Zhang, W Xu, WQ Tao - Electrochimica acta, 2022‏ - Elsevier
In air-cooled polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), the contradiction between
cooling and water retention renders the improvement of cell performance really challenging …

Development of a compact high-power density air-cooled proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack with ultrathin steel bipolar plates

X Yu, X Luo, Z Tu - Energy, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Air-cooled fuel cells used in portable stacks are required to reduce the size and weight while
ensuring a high-power output. In this study, the 0.1 mm stainless steel sheet was used to …

Three-dimensional simulation of different flow fields of proton exchange membrane fuel cell using a multi-phase coupled model with cooling channel

SA Atyabi, E Afshari, E Zohravi, CM Udemu - Energy, 2021‏ - Elsevier
A suitable cooling flow field design for proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC)
improves the cell's net generated power, besides achieving steady cell performance and a …

Experimental study on the thermal management of an open-cathode air-cooled proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack with ultra-thin metal bipolar plates

H Chang, F Cai, X Yu, C Duan, SH Chan, Z Tu - Energy, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Reliable thermal management ensures stable and efficient operation of proton exchange
membrane (PEM) fuel cells. An air-cooled fuel cell stack with metal bipolar plates was …

Comparison of active and passive cooling of proton exchange membrane fuel cell using a multiphase model

SA Atyabi, E Afshari, C Udemu - Energy Conversion and Management, 2022‏ - Elsevier
One of the challenges to increase the life and improve the performance of the proton
exchange membrane fuel cell (PEM) fuel cell is to use an appropriate cell cooling method …