PEMFC阳极间歇排氢电化学反应过程的MRTBoltzmann研究

本文基于单相等温模型,以间歇排气PEMFC阳极部分为研究对象,采用多松弛Boltzmann方法从孔隙尺度对间歇排气PEMFC内阳极中的流动、传质、电化学反应等电池局部特性进行模拟,并研究了操作温度、压力等对阳极局部特性分布的影响。结果表明,多松弛Boltzmann方法可以很好地预测PEMFC阳极流体流动情况,间歇排氢有助于提升电池的性能,电池操作温度及压力对间歇排氢的电池性能有一定的影响。     

直流道PEMFC两相流数学模型

建立直流道质子交换膜燃料电池(PEMFC)三维非等温两相流数学模型,基于质子交换膜与气体之间的水分传递特征,综合考虑电渗、浓度扩散及电化学反应作用的影响,发展了膜电极水分传递的非平衡扩散模型.并自主开发程序代码对电池内复杂的多物理场耦合传递过程进行数值模拟,研究PEMFC电极内气态水、液态水分布、质子膜含水量分布和水迁移特性等,分析单电池内部的温度分布特征,并获得电池极化性能曲线.     

压缩对不同疏水性处理气体扩散层内两相流的影响

聚四氟乙烯(PTFE)常用于调节质子交换膜燃料电池(PEMFC)中气体扩散层(GDL)的疏水性。目前虽有很多关于PTFE对GDL中水传输影响的研究,但同时考虑三维GDL微孔结构和压缩影响的研究还很缺乏。本文研究了压缩对不同接触角(不同PTFE含量)的GDL微孔结构中水传输行为的影响。通过耦合有限元方法(FEM)和流体体积(VOF)模型来模拟未压缩及压缩GDL中的两相流现象。结果表明,采用不同的接触角时,压缩对GDL内水传输行为的影响不同。压缩有利于水从GDL中排出,并促进水在GDL中的不均匀分布;压缩还促进了亲水性GDL内水在脊下的堆积,以及疏水性GDL内水在流道下方的堆积。由此可见,在进行GDL中内水传输行为研究时,应同时考虑压缩和接触角的影响。     

不同流场下进气对质子交换膜燃料电池性能的影响

流场的结构对于质子交换膜燃料电池(PEMFC)的水管理和气体的传递具有十分重要的影响,相关研究一直是燃料电池的研究热点与重点。本文以纯氧气和空气作为阴极氧化剂,通过电池的性能测试、极化曲线和电化学阻抗分析等原位实验,分析了气体的流动与传输、不同流场下的电流密度、入口反应气体浓度等条件对电池性能的影响。实验结果表明,提高氧气浓度可以获得更好的质子交换膜燃料电池性能和最小化活化损失,纯氧气、波状流场的使用效果随进气量的变化而有明显的变化。     

PEMFC阴极流道中阻块高度的敏度分析与优化

在质子交换膜燃料电池(PEMFC)的阴极流道中安装阻块可以强化氧气传输,提升电池性能,但不同位置的阻块高度对电池性能的影响程度不同。本文建立了一个三维、两相、稳态的PEMFC数值模型,对阴极流道安装有阻块的PEMFC进行了数值模拟,并结合全因子设计法研究了不同位置的阻块高度对电池性能的影响程度。此外,基于敏度分析结果,采用遗传算法对阻块高度进行了优化。结果表明:越靠近出口位置的阻块,其高度变化对低电压下的电池功率的影响程度越大。增加靠近出口位置的阻块高度可以促进催化层反应物的均匀分布,提高催化剂的利用率,最大程度地提升电池性能。当组块高度H1和高度增量ΔH分别为0.9537 mm和0.009 mm时,PEMFC性能最佳,与未安装阻块相比,电池最大净功率提高了18.45%。     

直接甲醇燃料电池反应和组分传递的模型计算

本文建立了直接甲醇燃料电池的二维、单相数学模型来研究电池内各种场的分布情况.模型中考虑了与电化学反应相伴随的、与流体动力学相关的反应与物料传递的耦合过程以及甲醇串流对阴极反应的影响;对阳极和阴极催化层传质过程引入了团聚块模型进行修正.计算了电池内的反应组分浓度分布和局部电流分布以及催化层沿长度方向的局部过电势分布,分析丁催化层内反应的非均匀性.在此基础上考察了对电池流场板结构的改进方案:减小集流板肋条宽度以及在肋条过窄时引入金属泡沫代替电池流场板和扩散层对电池性能的影响,通过对比计算表明两种改进均可以使得催化层反应均匀化,使电池输出性能得到提高,后者效果更佳.     

PEM燃料电池中的两相传质及其影响

建立了一个新的二维、两相流模型来研究质子交换膜(PEM)燃料电池中的两相传质及其对质子膜阻抗和阴极性能的影响。模型不仅将催化剂层(CL)包含在电极中,还考虑了电池中相变及其对传质的影响。模型可同时使用在电池的阴极和阳极。主要模拟了电池阴极中两相传质、质子膜阻抗、阴极有效孔隙率和电流密度。模拟结果显示,提高加湿温度可以降低质子膜的阻抗,但过高的加湿温度会降低阴极气体扩散层(GDL)的有效孔隙率,降低阴极的性能。     

PEMFC气体扩散层内PTFE含量及分布对气液两相流影响的LBM研究

基于数值重建的碳纸气体扩散层(GDL)三维微结构,采用格子玻尔兹曼方法(LBM)模拟了质子交换膜燃料电池(PEMFC)GDL内的气液两相流,详细研究了聚四氟乙烯(PTFE)含量及分布对GDL内两相输运的影响。计算结果发现:PTFE非均匀分布(靠近气流通道侧含量更多)时GDL内更容易积水;PTFE含量较多时GDL内积累的液态水含量较少。基于计算结果推导了气液两相相对渗透率,分析发现:PTFE含量及分布对气相相对渗透率影响较小;液相饱和度小于0.8时,PTFE含量较低时液相相对渗透率较高,而当液相饱和度大于0.8时,PTFE含量较高时液相相对渗透率较高;与PTFE非均匀分布时相比,PTFE均匀分布时液相相对渗透率较高。     

直接甲醇燃料电池两相非等温模型

本文建立了直接甲醇燃料电池的两相、非等温模型.采用多孔介质中的经典多相流动模型来计算电池内与电化学反应相耦合的传质、传热问题;模型中考虑了水的汽化凝结过程和甲醇窜流对电池性能的影响.计算结果表明电池内温度分布不均匀,温度最高点出现在阴极催化层;阳极甲醇浓度分布不均匀是造成阳极催化层内局部反应速率不均匀分布的主要原因,而阴极催化层局部反应速率主要依赖于阴极过电势的分布;大的流场板开口比条件下电池整体均匀性较好,性能得到提高.     

PEMFC插指型流道阴极中气体扩散特性的数值分析

本文对PEMFC插指型流道阴极扩散层建立了二维单相的多组分物理数学模型,对PEMFC插指型流道的阴极扩散层中气体的扩散特性及反应行为进行了数值研究,采用有限容积法对模型控制方程进行求解,比较了插指型和平直型流道两类电池的性能曲线,以及两种流道中氧气的组分摩尔浓度和局部电流密度的分布,分析了插指型流道结构参数对电池性能的影响。     

Effect of gas diffusion layer and membrane properties in an annular proton exchange membrane fuel cell

A complete three-dimensional and single phase computational dynamics model for annular proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell is used to investigate the effect of changing gas diffusion layer and membrane properties on the performances, current density and gas concentration. The proposed model is a full cell model, which includes all the parts of the PEM fuel cell, flow channels, gas diffusion electrodes, catalyst layers and the membrane. Coupled transport and electrochemical kinetics equations are solved in a single domain; therefore no interfacial boundary condition is required at the internal boundaries between cell components. This computational fluid dynamics code is used as the direct problem solver, which is used to simulate the two-dimensional mass, momentum and species transport phenomena as well as the electron- and proton-transfer process taking place in a PEMFC that cannot be investigated experimentally. The results show that by increasing the thickness and decreasing the porosity of GDL the performance of the cell enhances that it is different with planner PEM fuel cell. Also the results show that by decreasing the thickness of the membrane the performance of the cell increases.     

微流燃料电池空气阴极物质传输孔隙尺度模拟

采用格子Boltzmann方法研究了微流燃料电池空气阴极多孔扩散层内多组分物质传输特性。随机重构了扩散层,获得渗透率及有效扩散系数。建立了耦合边界电化学反应的二维模型,研究了过电位、孔隙率对氧气、水蒸气浓度分布及局部反应速率的影响。结果表明,常用的Bruggeman经验关联式会高估氧气有效扩散系数;扩散层孔隙结构对物质传输有重要影响,孔隙率减小使得传质阻力增大,导致局部氧气浓度降低,局部反应速率降低,而水蒸气浓度增大,当孔隙率从0.83降至0.7,催化界面平均氧气浓度从8.472降至8.466 mol·m^-3。     

Strongly anisotropic electronic transport in higher Landau levels

Low-temperature, electronic transport in higher Landau levels (N>1) in a two-dimensional electron system is strongly anisotropic. At half-filling of either spin level of such Landau levels ( etc.) the magnetoresistance either collapses to form a deep minimum or is peaked in a sharp maximum, depending on the in-plane current direction. The anisotropic axis can be reoriented by applying an in-plane magnetic field of 1–2 T strength. The magnetoresistance at and (N=1) is initially isotropic but an in-plane field induces a strong anisotropy. Our observations are strong evidence for a new many-electron phase in higher Landau levels, which forms spontaneously or can be induced by an in-plane field.     

Correlations of two-dimensional super-paramagnetic colloids in tilted external magnetic fields

We outline the formalism of liquid integral equation theory for anisotropic interactions in two dimensions and subsequently apply this theory to one-component super-paramagnetic particles exposed to a tilted magnetic field. Inhomogeneous local ordering of the particles is observed for different in-plane directions. The anisotropy of the interaction as well as of the liquid structure is increased by increasing the tilt angle. Furthermore, the particles favour an alignment in the direction of the in-plane component of the magnetic field. For increasing tilt angle, the anisotropy of the structural correlations is qualitatively similar to that of the corresponding solid lattice which is stable at lower temperatures. However, the mean-square displacements behave qualitatively different in the solid and fluid phases as a function of the tilt angle.     

Electrical resistivity anisotropy from self-organized one dimensionality in high-temperature superconductors

We investigate the manifestation of stripes in the in-plane resistivity anisotropy in untwinned single crystals of La2-xSrxCuO4 ( x = 0.02-0.04) and YBa(2)Cu(3)O(y) ( y = 6.35-7.0). It is found that both systems show strongly temperature-dependent in-plane anisotropy in the lightly hole-doped region and that the anisotropy in YBa(2)Cu(3)O(y) grows with decreasing y below approximately 6.60 despite the decreasing orthorhombicity, which gives most direct evidence that electrons self-organize into a macroscopically anisotropic state. The transport is found to be easier along the direction of the spin stripes already reported, demonstrating that the stripes are intrinsically conducting in cuprates.     

Bi2Te3: implications of the rhombohedral k-space texture on the evaluation of the in-plane/out-of-plane conductivity anisotropy

Different computational scheme for calculating surface integrals in anisotropic Brillouin zones are compared. An example of the transport distribution function (plasma frequency) of the thermoelectric material Bi(2)Te(3) near the band edges is discussed. The layered structure of the material together with the rhombohedral symmetry causes a strong anisotropy of the transport distribution function for the directions in the basal plane (in-plane) and perpendicular to the basal plane (out-of-plane). It is shown that a thorough reciprocal space integration is necessary to reproduce the in-plane/out-of-plane anisotropy. A quantitative comparison can be made at the band edges, where the transport anisotropy is given in terms of the anisotropic mass tensor.     

操作参数对PEM燃料电池中水迁移的影响

质子膜内水分和阴极多孔电极中液态水含量是PEM燃料电池正常运行的控制因素。本文给出了一个用于研究PEM燃料电池内水迁移的稳态、等温、两相流模型。模型耦合了连续方程、动量守恒方程和物质守恒方程,以及水在质子膜中传递方程。运用试验结果验证了模型的有效性。分析模拟结果表明,增大系统操作压力、升高电池操作温度和降低加湿温度将会使质子膜中水的净迁移通量增大;增大操作压力、降低操作温度和升高加湿温度会增加阴极CTL与GDL界面上液态水含量。     

Submicrometer tomographic resolution examined using a micro-fabricated test object

To estimate the spatial resolution of microtomographs, a test object on the submicrometer scale was prepared by focused ion beam milling and subjected to microtomographic analysis. Since human tissues are composed of cells and extracellular matrices with micrometer and submicrometer structures, it is important to investigate the three-dimensional spatial resolution of microtomographs used to visualize microstructures of human tissues. The resolutions along the direction within the tomographic slice plane (in-plane resolution) and perpendicular to it (through-plane resolution) were determined from the modulation transfer function of square-wave patterns. The in-plane resolution was estimated to be 1.2 μm from the modulation transfer function of the non-zoom image. In contrast, the zoom image gave the in-plane resolution of 0.8 μm. This in-plane resolution is comparable to the through-plane resolution, which was estimated to be 0.8 μm. Although the two-dimensional radiographs were taken with the pixel width of half the X-ray optics resolution, these three-dimensional resolution analyses indicated that the zoom reconstruction should be performed to achieve the in-plane resolution comparable to the X-ray optics resolution. The submicrometer three-dimensional analysis was applied in the structural study of human cerebral tissue stained with high-Z elements and the obtained tomograms revealed that the microtomographic analysis allows visualization of the subcellular structures of the cerebral tissue.