Performance study of centrifugal air compressor for proton exchange membrane fuel cell systems
Abstract Air supply systems are essential subsystems in proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell systems. Compressors are the key devices of air supply systems that greatly influence the characteristics of fuel cells. The simulation and experimental researches on a small centrifugal compressor with...
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| author | Yunxia Liu Yuanyang Zhao Qichao Yang Guangbin Liu Liansheng Li Zhicheng Gao |
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| description | Abstract Air supply systems are essential subsystems in proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell systems. Compressors are the key devices of air supply systems that greatly influence the characteristics of fuel cells. The simulation and experimental researches on a small centrifugal compressor with high rotation speed have been presented in this paper. Firstly, the input parameters of a compressor are obtained based on the output power and operating pressure of PEM fuel cells. Then, a prototype of small centrifugal compressors applied in PEM fuel cells is designed, simulated with the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method, and tested in actual working conditions. Finally, the simulation results show that the internal flow in compressors affects the performance strongly. The discharge pressure of the simulation is close to the test data in the studied working conditions, and the maximum error is less than 6%. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7a7e6ba8f8c74e75bcdce336ae318da12022-12-21T21:28:23ZengWileyEnergy Science & Engineering2050-05052022-01-0110120821810.1002/ese3.1023Performance study of centrifugal air compressor for proton exchange membrane fuel cell systemsYunxia Liu0Yuanyang Zhao1Qichao Yang2Guangbin Liu3Liansheng Li4Zhicheng Gao5College of Electromechanical Engineering Qingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao ChinaCollege of Electromechanical Engineering Qingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao ChinaCollege of Electromechanical Engineering Qingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao ChinaCollege of Electromechanical Engineering Qingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao ChinaCollege of Electromechanical Engineering Qingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao ChinaGuangdong Zhikong Power Technology Co. Ltd Foshan ChinaAbstract Air supply systems are essential subsystems in proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell systems. Compressors are the key devices of air supply systems that greatly influence the characteristics of fuel cells. The simulation and experimental researches on a small centrifugal compressor with high rotation speed have been presented in this paper. Firstly, the input parameters of a compressor are obtained based on the output power and operating pressure of PEM fuel cells. Then, a prototype of small centrifugal compressors applied in PEM fuel cells is designed, simulated with the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method, and tested in actual working conditions. Finally, the simulation results show that the internal flow in compressors affects the performance strongly. The discharge pressure of the simulation is close to the test data in the studied working conditions, and the maximum error is less than 6%.https://doi.org/10.1002/ese3.1023centrifugal compressorimpellerPEM fuel cellsimulation |
| spellingShingle | Yunxia Liu Yuanyang Zhao Qichao Yang Guangbin Liu Liansheng Li Zhicheng Gao Performance study of centrifugal air compressor for proton exchange membrane fuel cell systems Energy Science & Engineering centrifugal compressor impeller PEM fuel cell simulation |
| title | Performance study of centrifugal air compressor for proton exchange membrane fuel cell systems |
| title_full | Performance study of centrifugal air compressor for proton exchange membrane fuel cell systems |
| title_fullStr | Performance study of centrifugal air compressor for proton exchange membrane fuel cell systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Performance study of centrifugal air compressor for proton exchange membrane fuel cell systems |
| title_short | Performance study of centrifugal air compressor for proton exchange membrane fuel cell systems |
| title_sort | performance study of centrifugal air compressor for proton exchange membrane fuel cell systems |
| topic | centrifugal compressor impeller PEM fuel cell simulation |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/ese3.1023 |
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