IMPACT OF PRESSURE ON THE PERFORMANCE OF PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL

Authors

  • Muthukumar. M Nandha Engineering College, Erode-638052, India
  • Karthikeyan. P PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore-641004, India
  • Mathews Eldho Nandha Engineering College, Erode-638052, India
  • Nagarathinam. P Nandha Engineering College, Erode-638052, India
  • Panneer Selvam.E.P Nandha Engineering College, Erode-638052, India
  • Prasanna. R Nandha Engineering College, Erode-638052, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24297/jac.v13i9.5739

Keywords:

PEM, pressure, peak, performance, power density

Abstract

The Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell performance not only depends on temperature but also depends on the operating pressure, which will increase the performance of the PEM fuel cell. The PEM fuel cell with serpentine flow field was modeled using Solidworks software and analyzed using ANSYS software. By analysis of three different pressures on the PEM fuel cell, and came to know that the optimum pressure gives the best performance. The peak power density occurs in the constant temperature of 323 K with the pressure of 2 bar.

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Author Biographies

Muthukumar. M, Nandha Engineering College, Erode-638052, India

Department of Mechanical Engineering,

Karthikeyan. P, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore-641004, India

Department of Automobile Engineering,

Mathews Eldho, Nandha Engineering College, Erode-638052, India

Department of Mechanical Engineering,

Nagarathinam. P, Nandha Engineering College, Erode-638052, India

Department of Mechanical Engineering,

Panneer Selvam.E.P, Nandha Engineering College, Erode-638052, India

Department of Mechanical Engineering,

Prasanna. R, Nandha Engineering College, Erode-638052, India

Department of Mechanical Engineering,

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2017-02-22

How to Cite

M, M., P, K., Eldho, M., P, N., Selvam.E.P, P., & R, P. (2017). IMPACT OF PRESSURE ON THE PERFORMANCE OF PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL. JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN CHEMISTRY, 13(9), 6462–6467. https://doi.org/10.24297/jac.v13i9.5739

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