Study of Flooding Prevention on Cathode Gas Diffusion Layer for Dynamic Load Fuel Cell
- Choi, Dong-Won (Dept. of Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Engineering, Undergraduate, Pukyong National University) ;
- You, Jin-Kwang (Dept. of Automobile, Dong-Pusan College University) ;
- Rokhman, Fatkhur (Dept. of Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Engineering, Pukyong National University) ;
- Bakhtiar, Agung (Dept. of Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Engineering, Pukyong National University) ;
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Choi, Kwang-Hwan
(Dept. of Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Engineering, Pukyong National University)
- Published : 2011.11.24
Abstract
Water management is important in proton exchange membrane fuel cell because the water balance has a significant impact on the overall fuel cell system performance. In fuel cell vehicle, the vehicle's power demand is dynamic; therefore, the dynamic water management system is required. This present study proposes a method to control the humidity of the input air in cathode side of the fuel cell vehicle. The simulation using several driving cycles shows the proposed air humidification control obtains a relatively good result. The liquid saturation level is seen constant at the target level although still there are small deviations at driving cycles which having averagely high power demands.