Title :
Transient thermal computation of a PEM fuel cell by a nodal modeling
Author :
Dumercy, Laurent ; Glises, Raynal ; Kauffmann, Jean-Marie ; Louahlia-galous, Hasna
Author_Institution :
Lab. d´´Electronique, Electrotechnique et Syst., UFC-UTBM-INRETS LRE, Belfort, France
Abstract :
In this paper, the authors propose a thermal modeling of a fuel cell. It has been validated on a 150 W power PEMFC. The thermal modeling uses a network of 172 nodes. It takes into account conduction and convection heat fluxes but also mass transfers due to electrochemical reaction. This thermal model is reduced to a global model describing electrical behavior and takes into account temperature regulation of the water cooling system. Matlab-Simulink software has been used. Dirichlet boundary conditions are obtained thanks to an SW infrared camera.
Keywords :
convection; cooling towers; electrochemical analysis; heat conduction; mass transfer; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; temperature control; 150 W; Dirichlet boundary condition; Matlab-Simulink software; PEM fuel cell; SW infrared camera; conduction heat flux; convection heat flux; electrical behavior; electrochemical reaction; mass transfer; nodal modeling; proton exchange membrane fuel cell; temperature regulation; transient thermal computation; water cooling system; Boundary conditions; Cameras; Computer languages; Cooling; Fuel cells; Heat transfer; Mathematical model; Power system modeling; Software systems; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicular Technology Conference, 2003. VTC 2003-Fall. 2003 IEEE 58th
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7954-3
DOI :
10.1109/VETECF.2003.1286278
