Modeling of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells
Book chapter, 2023

This chapter outlines analytical and numerical methods for modeling proton exchange membrane fuel cells. To provide the fundamentals of fuel cell simulation, a monodimensional analytical (steady-state isothermal) model for reconstructing the cell polarization curve is presented and then applied to a case of practical interest. The monodimensional model is perfectioned by considering multiphase water transport affecting electrical conductivity properties of cell membrane. As an example, the impact of catalyst layer thickness is simulated under dry and humid conditions. A detailed mass transport model, based on the volume-averaging technique for the Darcy equation, is provided for an accurate simulation of fuel cell diffusion layers. The last part of this chapter concerns the analytical modeling of fuel cell dynamics. A physical-based approach, allowing for a fast and reliable quantitative interpretation of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy experimental data, is eventually provided.

PEMFC

modeling

proton exchange membrane

electrochemical impedance spectroscopy

multiphysics

renewable

energy

hydrogen

fuel cell

circuit

Author

Andrea Baricci

Polytechnic University of Milan

Andrea Casalegno

Polytechnic University of Milan

Dario Jonsson Maggiolo

Chalmers, Mechanics and Maritime Sciences (M2), Fluid Dynamics

Federico Moro

University of Padua

Matteo Zago

Polytechnic University of Milan

Massimo Guarnieri

University of Padua

Electrocatalysis for Membrane Fuel Cells: Methods, Modeling, and Applications

473-510
9783527830572 (ISBN)

Subject Categories

Energy Engineering

Computational Mathematics

DOI

10.1002/9783527830572.ch14

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11/6/2023