RT Journal Article
T1 Air-cooled fuel cells: Keys to design and build the oxidant/cooling system
A1 Heras Jiménez, Ainhoa de las
A1 Vivas Fernández, Francisco José
A1 Segura Manzano, Francisca
A1 Redondo González, Manuel Joaquín
A1 Andújar Márquez, José Manuel
AB In the field of energy, hydrogen as an energetic vector is becoming increasingly important. Specifically,fuel cells powered by hydrogen are becoming an alternative in automotive and other fields because oftheir ability to produce electricity without any pollution. Therefore, at this time there is a very activeresearch field. A fuel cell can be described as a scale down industrial plant that consists of differentsubsystems whose purpose is to make the stack works properly. Air Cooled Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells(AC-PEFC) are receiving special attention due to their potential to integrate the oxidant and coolingsubsystems into one, which in term gives the fuel cells their capability to reduce its weight, volume, costand control complexity. In these fuel cells, the Oxidant/Cooling subsystem is of crucial importance andalong with three others (Fuel, Electrical and Control subsystems) make up the Balance of Plant (BoP),which together with the stack comprise the full fuel cell system. The aim of this paper is to present acomprehensive experimental study of an AC-PEFC paying particular attention to the Oxidant/Coolingsubsystem configuration. According to the scientific literature, this subsystem has not received the sameattention as other subsystems like the Fuel and Control subsystems. However, a suitable design and size iscritical for the proper functioning of the stack. The analysis carried out in this paper tries to solve someproblems that can appear if the design of the Oxidant/Cooling subsystem has not been optimized. Theseproblems are related to important aspects such as the performance and the efficiency of the wholesystem and temperature distribution over the stack.
PB Elsevier
SN 0960-1481
SN 1879-0682 (electrónica)
YR 2018
FD 2018
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/18815
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/18815
LA eng
NO Heras Jiménez, A., Vivas Fernández, F.J., Segura Manzano, F., Redondo González, M.J., Andújar Márquez, J.M.: "Air-cooled fuel cells: Keys to design and build the oxidant/cooling system".  Renewable Energy. Vol. 125, págs. 1-20, (2018). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2018.02.077
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 31 may 2026