A Comprehensive Review of Solutions and Strategies for Cold Start of Automotive Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
Proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) can be a significant eco-friendly alternative power source for vehicles. However, under subfreezing conditions, cell degradation and irreversible performance decay can occur because of ice formation and repetitive thaw/freeze cycles. These problems have lim...
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| author | Ali Akrem Amamou Sousso Kelouwani Loic Boulon Kodjo Agbossou |
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| description | Proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) can be a significant eco-friendly alternative power source for vehicles. However, under subfreezing conditions, cell degradation and irreversible performance decay can occur because of ice formation and repetitive thaw/freeze cycles. These problems have limited the further commercialization of PEMFC in cold weather countries. Thus, many improvements have been made to repair the freeze protection and rapid cold startup problems in PEMFC vehicles. In this paper, a comprehensive review dedicated to engineers of the recent research progress on the PEMFC cold start problems is presented. Systems and methods for fuel cell shutdown are summarized and classified into two categories: purge solution and material to avoid freezing. Regarding the system and solutions for PEMFC cold startup, different heating solutions are classified into two main groups depending on their heating sources and categorized as internal and external heating methods. This paper concludes with a detailed review of cold startup strategies based on an exhaustive survey of journal papers and patents. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7fa1c03815384882b0f94438426b0f412022-12-21T20:18:50ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362016-01-0144989500210.1109/ACCESS.2016.25970587529180A Comprehensive Review of Solutions and Strategies for Cold Start of Automotive Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel CellsAli Akrem Amamou0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7124-342XSousso Kelouwani1Loic Boulon2Kodjo Agbossou3Institut de Recherche sur l'Hydrogene, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, CanadaInstitut de Recherche sur l'Hydrogene, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, CanadaInstitut de Recherche sur l'Hydrogene, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, CanadaInstitut de Recherche sur l'Hydrogene, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, CanadaProton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) can be a significant eco-friendly alternative power source for vehicles. However, under subfreezing conditions, cell degradation and irreversible performance decay can occur because of ice formation and repetitive thaw/freeze cycles. These problems have limited the further commercialization of PEMFC in cold weather countries. Thus, many improvements have been made to repair the freeze protection and rapid cold startup problems in PEMFC vehicles. In this paper, a comprehensive review dedicated to engineers of the recent research progress on the PEMFC cold start problems is presented. Systems and methods for fuel cell shutdown are summarized and classified into two categories: purge solution and material to avoid freezing. Regarding the system and solutions for PEMFC cold startup, different heating solutions are classified into two main groups depending on their heating sources and categorized as internal and external heating methods. This paper concludes with a detailed review of cold startup strategies based on an exhaustive survey of journal papers and patents.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7529180/Cold start strategiesheating solutionshybrid and electric vehiclesPEMFCpurge |
| spellingShingle | Ali Akrem Amamou Sousso Kelouwani Loic Boulon Kodjo Agbossou A Comprehensive Review of Solutions and Strategies for Cold Start of Automotive Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells IEEE Access Cold start strategies heating solutions hybrid and electric vehicles PEMFC purge |
| title | A Comprehensive Review of Solutions and Strategies for Cold Start of Automotive Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells |
| title_full | A Comprehensive Review of Solutions and Strategies for Cold Start of Automotive Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells |
| title_fullStr | A Comprehensive Review of Solutions and Strategies for Cold Start of Automotive Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Comprehensive Review of Solutions and Strategies for Cold Start of Automotive Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells |
| title_short | A Comprehensive Review of Solutions and Strategies for Cold Start of Automotive Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells |
| title_sort | comprehensive review of solutions and strategies for cold start of automotive proton exchange membrane fuel cells |
| topic | Cold start strategies heating solutions hybrid and electric vehicles PEMFC purge |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7529180/ |
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