A comprehensive review of the modeling of transport phenomenon in the flow channels of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

  • Niyi Olukayode 1 ,
  • Shenrong Ye 1 ,
  • Mingruo Hu 1 ,
  • Yanjun Dai 2 ,
  • Rui Chen 3 ,
  • Sheng Sui , 1
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  • 1. Institute of Fuel Cell, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • 2. Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • 3. Low Carbon Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough Leicestershire LE11 3TU, UK
ssui@sjtu.edu.cn

Received date: 23 Dec 2023

Accepted date: 08 Mar 2024

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2024 Higher Education Press

Abstract

Reactant gas and liquid water transport phenomena in the flow channels are complex and critical to the performance and durability of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. The polymer membrane needs water at an optimum level for proton conductivity. Water management involves the prevention of dehydration, waterlogging, and the cell’s subsequent performance decline and degradation. This process requires the study and understanding of internal two-phase flows. Different experimental visualization techniques are used to study two-phase flows in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. However, the experiments have limitations in in situ measurements; they are also expensive and time exhaustive. In contrast, numerical modeling is cheaper and faster, providing insights into the complex multiscale processes occurring across the components of the polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells.

This paper introduces the recent design of flow channels. It reviews the numerical modeling techniques adopted for the transport phenomena therein: the two-fluid, multiphase mixture, volume of fluid, lattice Boltzmann, and pressure drop models. Furthermore, this work describes, compares, and analyses the models’ approaches and reviews the representative results of some selected aspects. Finally, the paper summarizes the modeling perspectives, emphasizing future directions with some recommendations.

Cite this article

Niyi Olukayode , Shenrong Ye , Mingruo Hu , Yanjun Dai , Rui Chen , Sheng Sui . A comprehensive review of the modeling of transport phenomenon in the flow channels of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells[J]. Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, 2024 , 18(8) : 94 . DOI: 10.1007/s11705-024-2445-x

Competing interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Acknowledgements

This research was supported under the program of the top project unveiled by the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (Grant No. 22JBGS0027).
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