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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-B.2010.34.1.19

A System Simulation Model of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell for Residential Power Generation for Thermal Management Study  

Yu, Sang-Seok (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chungnam National University)
Lee, Young-Duk (Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials)
Ahn, Kook-Young (Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B / v.34, no.1, 2010 , pp. 19-26 More about this Journal
Abstract
A PEMFC(proton exchange membrane fuel cell) is a good candidate for residential power generation to be coped with the shortage of fossil fuel and green house gas emission. The attractive benefit of the PEMFC is to produce electric power as well as hot water for home usage. The thermal management of PEMFC for RPG is to utilize the heat of PEMFC so that the PEMFC can be operated at its optimal efficiency. In this study, thermal management system of PEMFC stack is modeled to understand the dynamic response during load change. The thermal management system of PEMFC for RPGFC is composed of two cooling circuits, one for controling the fuel cell temperature and the other for heating up the water for home usage. The different operating strategy is applied for each cooling circuit considering the duty of those two circuits. Even though the capacity of PEMFC system (1kW) is enough to supply hot domestic water for residence, heat-up of reservior takes some hours. Therefore, in this study, time schedule of the simulation reflects the heat-up process. Dynamic responses and operating strategies of the PEMFC system are investigated during load changes.
Keywords
PEMFC; Thermal Management of PEMFC; Cooling Circuit; Residential Power Generation FC;
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