Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology

  • 제39권4호
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  • Pages.374-380
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  • 2015
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  • 2234-7925(pISSN)
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  • 2234-8352(eISSN)
한국마린엔지니어링학회 (The Korean Society of Marine Engineering)
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가스 확산층(GDL)내부의 물이 연료전지 성능에 미치는 영향

The Effect of Liquid Water in Fuel Cell Cathode Gas Diffusion Layer on Fuel Cell Performance

  • Park, Sang-Kyun (Division of Marine Information Technology, Korea Maritime and Ocean University)
  • 투고 : 2015.02.16
  • 심사 : 2015.04.09
  • 발행 : 2015.05.31
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본 연구에서는 연료전지 캐소드 가스 확산층에서의 물의 영향이 연료전지 성능에 미치는 영향을 검토하기 위하여 연료전지 스택의 부하 변동에 따른 가스 확산층에서의 2상 현상의 구현이 가능한 동적 모델을 개발하였다. 개발된 모델에 대하여 2상의 영향에 의한 연료전지 부하변동에 따른 연료전지 스택 성능, 가스 확산층 내부에서의 물 증기와 산소의 농도분포, 가스 확산층의 두께 및 다공성이 연료전지 스택 전압에 미치는 영향에 대하여 검토하였다. 그 결과 본 연구의 범위 내에서 연료전지 스택 전압은 부하에 관계없이 2상 모델이 1상 모델보다 낮아짐을 알 수 있다. 촉매층 부근 가스 확산층에서의 산소 농도는 가장 낮고 물 증기의 농도는 가장 높음을 알 수 있었다. 또한, GDL의 두께가 두꺼울수록 GDL의 다공성이 작을수록 연료전지 스택 전압이 낮아짐을 알 수 있었다.

In this paper, a dynamic model describing the 2 phase effect on the gas diffusion layer depending on load change of a fuel cell stack was developed to examine the effects of liquid water in fuel cell cathode gas diffusion layer on the fuel cell performance. For the developed model, 2 phase effect on the performance of a fuel cell stack depending on the load changes, concentration distribution of water vapor and oxygen inside a gas diffusion layer, the effect of the thickness and porosity of the gas diffusion layer on the fuel cell stack voltage were examined. As a result, a fuel cell stack voltage for the 2 phase model within the scope of the research become lower than that for the 1 phase model regardless of the load. Although oxygen molar concentration for the gas diffusion layer adjacent to the catalyst layer was the lowest, water vapor concentration is the highest. In addition, as thickness and porosity of the gas diffusion layer increased and decreased, respectively, the fuel cell stack voltage decreased.

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