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Investigation of Equivalent Circuit for PEMFC Assessment

고분자 전해질 FC 평가용 등가회로 검토

  • Myong, Kwang-Jae (Dept. of Automobiles, Chosun University College of Science & Technology)
  • 명광재 (조선이공대학 자동자과)
  • Received : 2011.03.30
  • Accepted : 2011.05.25
  • Published : 2011.09.01
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Abstract

Chemical reactions occurring in a PEMFC are dominated by the physical conditions and interface properties, and the reactions are expressed in terms of impedance. The performance of a PEMFC can be simply diagnosed by examining the impedance because impedance characteristics can be expressed by an equivalent electrical circuit. In this study, the characteristics of a PEMFC are assessed using the AC impedance and various equivalent circuits such as a simple equivalent circuit, equivalent circuit with a CPE, equivalent circuit with two RCs, and equivalent circuit with two CPEs. It was found in this study that the characteristics of a PEMFC could be assessed using impedance and an equivalent circuit, and the accuracy was highest for an equivalent circuit with two CPEs.

PEMFC 의 내부에서 발생하는 화학반응은 계면의 물리적 조건 및 물성에 지배되고 그 거동은 임피던스로 표현된다. 일반적으로 임피던스 특성은 전기적 등가회로로 표현이 가능하기 때문에 PEMFC의 임피던스 계측 결과를 등가회로를 이용하여 해석함으로써 간단히 성능 진단을 할 수 있을 것이다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 등가회로를 이용하여 고분자 전해질 연료전지의 특성평가에 관한 기초연구를 수행하였다. 교류 임피던스 계측 값과 다양한 등가회로(단순 등가회로, CPE 를 고려한 등가회로, 2 개의 시정수를 고려한 등가회로, 2 개의 CPE 를 고려한 등가회로)를 이용하여 특성평가를 수행하였다. 그 결과 등가회로를 이용한 PEMFC 의 특성평가가 가능하고, 2 개의 CPE 를 고려한 등가회로가 가장 정도가 높음을 확인하였다.

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