Characteristics of carbon dioxideand product water exhausts in a directmethanol fuel cell with serpentine channels

• Autorzy: Nakashima Kohei

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DOI

10.2478/kones-2019-0067

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This study utilized a transparent direct methanol fuel cell, with serpentine channels with a width of 2 mm and an initial depth of 2 mm, and investigated the relationship between the behaviours of carbon dioxide (CO2) slugs, product water accumulations, and voltage fluctuation. It examined the exhaust volumes of CO2 slugs and product water accumulations from the channels over time, comparing an anode channel with a depth of 1.2 mm to one with a depth of 2 mm (without changing the cathode depth of 2 mm, nor the width of 2 mm in both the anode and the cathode). Results indicated that cell voltage fluctuated, rising while CO2 slugs were ejected, and falling between ejections. In the case of an anode channel depth of 2 mm and a lower methanol-water solution flow rate, CO2 slugs were ejected less frequently, so cell voltage fluctuated widely. (Product water accumulations in the cathode had a minimum effect on this cell voltage fluctuation.) In the case of a higher methanol-water solution flow rate, CO2 slugs were ejected more frequently, with less exhaust volume per CO2 slug, reducing the fluctuation in cell voltage. Finally, with an anode channel depth of 1.2 mm, the exhaust volume per CO2 slug became even smaller, and these small CO2 slugs were rapidly ejected. With this shallow depth, the cell voltage increased with a lower methanol-water solution flow rate, but decreased with a higher methanol-water solution flow rate by crossover.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

direct methanol fuel cell; bubble; carbon dioxide; slug of carbon dioxide; product water; transparent cell; serpentine channel

• Wydawca: Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Aviation ; European Science Society of Powertrain and Transport KONES Poland ; Wydawnictwo Instytutu Technicznego Wojsk Lotniczych
• Czasopismo: Journal of KONES
• Rocznik: 2019
• Tom: Vol. 26, No. 3
• Strony: 137--144
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 12 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Nakashima Kohei

• Meijo University Department of Vehicle and Mechanical Engineering 1-501 Shiogamaguchi, Tempaku-ku, Nagoya 468-8502, Japan tel.: [phone], fax: [phone]

Bibliografia

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu w ramach umowy 509/P-DUN/2018 ze środków MNiSW przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (2019).