The characteristics of hybrid Al2O3:SiO2 nanofluids in cooling plate of PEMFC

A Proton Electrolyte Membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) is considered to be a viable alternatives to Internal Combustion Engines (ICEs) in automotive applications due to the key advantages in thermal management system. The main duty of thermal management system is to maintain the desirable temperature, wit...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Syafiq, Idris, Irnie Azlin, Zakaria, Wan Azmi, Wan Hamzah, Wan Ahmad Najmi, Wan Mohamed
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Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/33085/1/The%20characteristics%20of%20hybrid%20Al2O3_SiO2%20nanofluids%20in%20cooling%20plate%20of%20PEMFC.pdf
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author Muhammad Syafiq, Idris
Irnie Azlin, Zakaria
Wan Azmi, Wan Hamzah
Wan Ahmad Najmi, Wan Mohamed
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Irnie Azlin, Zakaria
Wan Azmi, Wan Hamzah
Wan Ahmad Najmi, Wan Mohamed
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description A Proton Electrolyte Membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) is considered to be a viable alternatives to Internal Combustion Engines (ICEs) in automotive applications due to the key advantages in thermal management system. The main duty of thermal management system is to maintain the desirable temperature, with a uniform temperature distribution across the stack and.its.individual membranes. In this paper, the thermal enhancement of a PEMFC cooling plate was analysed and presented. The hybrid Al2O3:SiO2 was used as coolant in distributor cooling plate. The study focuses on water based 0.5% volume concentration of single Al2O3, single SiO2 nanofluids, hybrid Al2O3:SiO nanofluids with mixture ratio of 10:90, 20:80, 50:50, 60:40 and 90:10. The effect of different ratios of nanofluids to heat transfer enhancement and fluid flow in Reynold number range of 400 to 2000 was observed. A 3D computational fluid dynamic (CFD) was developed based on distributor cooling plates using Ansys 16.0. Positive heat transfer enhancement was obtained where the 10:90 Al2O3:SiO2 nanofluids has the highest heat transfer coefficient as compared to other nanofluids used. However, all nanofluids experienced higher pressure drop. Therefore, the advantage ratio was used to analyze the effect of both heat transfer enhancements and pressure drop demerits for nanofluids adoption. The results concluded that 10:90 Al2O3:SiO2 hybrid nanofluid is the most feasible candidate up to fluid flow of Re1000. The positive results implied that hybrid Al2O3:SiO2 nanofluids do improve the single nanofluids behaviour and has a better potential for future applications in PEMFC thermal management.
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spelling UMPir330852022-05-31T01:57:51Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/33085/ The characteristics of hybrid Al2O3:SiO2 nanofluids in cooling plate of PEMFC Muhammad Syafiq, Idris Irnie Azlin, Zakaria Wan Azmi, Wan Hamzah Wan Ahmad Najmi, Wan Mohamed QC Physics TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery TS Manufactures A Proton Electrolyte Membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) is considered to be a viable alternatives to Internal Combustion Engines (ICEs) in automotive applications due to the key advantages in thermal management system. The main duty of thermal management system is to maintain the desirable temperature, with a uniform temperature distribution across the stack and.its.individual membranes. In this paper, the thermal enhancement of a PEMFC cooling plate was analysed and presented. The hybrid Al2O3:SiO2 was used as coolant in distributor cooling plate. The study focuses on water based 0.5% volume concentration of single Al2O3, single SiO2 nanofluids, hybrid Al2O3:SiO nanofluids with mixture ratio of 10:90, 20:80, 50:50, 60:40 and 90:10. The effect of different ratios of nanofluids to heat transfer enhancement and fluid flow in Reynold number range of 400 to 2000 was observed. A 3D computational fluid dynamic (CFD) was developed based on distributor cooling plates using Ansys 16.0. Positive heat transfer enhancement was obtained where the 10:90 Al2O3:SiO2 nanofluids has the highest heat transfer coefficient as compared to other nanofluids used. However, all nanofluids experienced higher pressure drop. Therefore, the advantage ratio was used to analyze the effect of both heat transfer enhancements and pressure drop demerits for nanofluids adoption. The results concluded that 10:90 Al2O3:SiO2 hybrid nanofluid is the most feasible candidate up to fluid flow of Re1000. The positive results implied that hybrid Al2O3:SiO2 nanofluids do improve the single nanofluids behaviour and has a better potential for future applications in PEMFC thermal management. Penerbit Akademia Baru 2021-12 Article PeerReviewed pdf en cc_by_nc_4 http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/33085/1/The%20characteristics%20of%20hybrid%20Al2O3_SiO2%20nanofluids%20in%20cooling%20plate%20of%20PEMFC.pdf Muhammad Syafiq, Idris and Irnie Azlin, Zakaria and Wan Azmi, Wan Hamzah and Wan Ahmad Najmi, Wan Mohamed (2021) The characteristics of hybrid Al2O3:SiO2 nanofluids in cooling plate of PEMFC. Journal of Advanced Research in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences, 88 (3). pp. 96-109. ISSN 2289-7879. (Published) https://doi.org/10.37934/arfmts.88.3.96109 https://doi.org/10.37934/arfmts.88.3.96109
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Wan Azmi, Wan Hamzah
Wan Ahmad Najmi, Wan Mohamed
The characteristics of hybrid Al2O3:SiO2 nanofluids in cooling plate of PEMFC
title The characteristics of hybrid Al2O3:SiO2 nanofluids in cooling plate of PEMFC
title_full The characteristics of hybrid Al2O3:SiO2 nanofluids in cooling plate of PEMFC
title_fullStr The characteristics of hybrid Al2O3:SiO2 nanofluids in cooling plate of PEMFC
title_full_unstemmed The characteristics of hybrid Al2O3:SiO2 nanofluids in cooling plate of PEMFC
title_short The characteristics of hybrid Al2O3:SiO2 nanofluids in cooling plate of PEMFC
title_sort characteristics of hybrid al2o3 sio2 nanofluids in cooling plate of pemfc
topic QC Physics
TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
TS Manufactures
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/33085/1/The%20characteristics%20of%20hybrid%20Al2O3_SiO2%20nanofluids%20in%20cooling%20plate%20of%20PEMFC.pdf
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