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Flow flied inspired by sieve plate structure of plant leaf veins for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, ISSN: 0360-3199, Vol: 85, Page: 560-570
2024
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Bionic flow fields have been applied in bipolar plates for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) to significantly improve cell performance. This study, inspired by the vascular structure of plant leaf veins, proposes a bionic flow field that incorporates a sieve plate structure to enhance the distribution of reactants. To evaluate this design, a three-dimensional two-phase isothermal computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model was developed. The effect of hole parameters on the cell performance, such as opening ratio, hole number, and hole arrangement on the bionic sieve plate (BSP), was investigated and compared with a parallel flow field (PFF). The results showed that the peak power density of the bionic sieve plate flow field (BSPFF) was 0.991 W/cm2, 25.4% higher than that of the PFF, when the ratio of openings was 22.3%, the number of openings was 4, the sieve angle was 22.5°, and the number of sieves was 5. This BSPFF design provides insight into the development of bipolar plates to improve the performance of PEMFCs.

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