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Zipeng Huang

Bio: Zipeng Huang is an academic researcher from South China University of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Proton exchange membrane fuel cell & Stack (abstract data type). The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 13 publications receiving 158 citations.

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TL;DR: In this paper, an air-cooled proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack with a dead-end anode was experimentally tested to investigate its transient behavior at different step currents.

42 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a new concept of thermal management of proton exchange membrane fuel cells using vapor chambers is proposed, and a novel vapor chamber with a thickness of only 1.32mm is developed, and the effects of heat transfer direction, heating power, tilt angle and cooling water flow rate on the heat transfer performance of the vapor chamber are investigated experimentally.

37 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the thermal response characteristics of the proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack were investigated under rapidly increasing load change, and a home-made 500 W open-cathode stack embedded with 30 thermocouples was made and tested.

37 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, five vapor chambers as heat spreaders are integrated into a 10-cell air-cooled proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack to improve the thermal management of the stack.

34 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed the temperature characteristics of an air-cooled proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack and found that the average temperature change rate is only related to the step size of the current change, regardless of the step increases or decreases.

33 citations


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01 Feb 2021
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an overview of the recent progress concerning the cooling strategies and waste heat recovery opportunities for PEMFCs and evaluate the main cooling techniques with respect to their advantages and disadvantages.
Abstract: Despite that the Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) is considered to be an efficient power device; around half of the energy produced from the electrochemical reaction is dissipated as heat due to irreversibility of the cathodic reaction, Ohmic resistance, and mass transport overpotentials. Effective heat removal from the PEMFC, via cooling, is very important to maintain the cell/stack at a uniform operating temperature ensuring the durability of the device as excessive operating temperature may dry out the membrane and reduces the surface area of the catalyst hence lowering the performance of the cell. In addition to cooling, capturing the produced heat and repurposing it using one of the Waste Heat Recovery (WHR) technologies is an effective approach to add a great economic value to the PEMFC power system. Global warming, climate change, and the high cost of energy production are the main drivers to improve the energy efficiency of PEMFC using WHR. This paper presents an overview of the recent progress concerning the cooling strategies and WHR opportunities for PEMFC. The main cooling techniques of PEMFCs are described and evaluated with respect to their advantages and disadvantages. Additionally, the potential pathways for PEMFC-WHR including heating, cooling, and power generation are explored and assessed. Furthermore, the main challenges and the research prospects for the cooling strategies and WHR of PEMFCs are discussed.

100 citations

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TL;DR: A comprehensive evaluation and comparison of different hybrid systems of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell with battery and Solid Oxide Fuel cell with battery for mobility and other off-grid applications from perspectives of system configurations, technical specifications, energy management strategies, and experimental validation is presented.
Abstract: The global demand for fossil fuels in the transportation sector is increasing rapidly due to the continuous growth of internal combustion engine vehicles. This leads to severe environmental problems, including greenhouse gas emissions and air-quality deterioration. Thus, it is necessary to increase the use of renewable energy sources in the transportation sector as well as other off-grid applications. Battery and fuel cells are promising alternatives owing to high efficiency and low (even zero) local emissions. However, they are limited by either the low capacity or sluggish dynamic response. These shortcomings can be overcome by the hybridization of battery and fuel cells, which have been the focus of leading international automotive and shipbuilding companies. This paper presents a comprehensive evaluation and comparison of different hybrid systems of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell with battery and Solid Oxide Fuel Cell with battery for mobility and other off-grid applications from perspectives of system configurations, technical specifications, energy management strategies, and experimental validation. With the existing issues and corresponding solving strategies highlighted, the suggestions for designing high-performance fuel cell hybrid power systems are concluded accordingly. This review can serve as a reference and guide to advance the development of the fuel cell and battery hybrid power systems for mobility and off-grid applications.

95 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of water content on the cathode, anode, gas diffusion layer (GDL), catalyst layer (CL) and flow channel are investigated in a transparent proton exchange membrane fuel cell.

91 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors comprehensively review the development and advancement of dead-end anode fuel cells and the required research and development for further advancements of the field are also outlined and discussed.

84 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, a new criterion of efficiency evaluation criterion (EEC) using Sherwood number and Euler number has been proposed to evaluate the relationship between the mass transfer and the pressure drop in PEMFCs.

76 citations