A Study on Performance Improvement in PEMFC

소면적 PEM연료전지 성능개선 연구

  • Chon, Kwang Wu (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Park, Chang Kwon (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Lee, Ho Yeol (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Oh, Byeong Soo (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Chonnam National University)
  • 천광우 (전남대학교 기계시스템공학부) ;
  • 박창권 (전남대학교 기계시스템공학부) ;
  • 이호열 (전남대학교 기계시스템공학부) ;
  • 오병수 (전남대학교 기계시스템공학부)
  • Published : 2004.12.30

Abstract

Performance of PEMFC is affected by many factors such as that of MEA, configuration of flow field, operating conditions, humidification, cooling and so on. In this study, in order to improve the performance of fuel cell, a small area fuel cell stack was made and its performance was tested under various operating conditions. Stack consists of 3 single PEM fuel cells. Channel is serpentine type and the active area of the electrode is $50cm^2$. The test results show that the peak power is 60W at $70^\circ{C}$ of stack temperature with humidification condition.

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