electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (eis) is a suitable and powerful diagnostic testing method for fuel cells (fcs) since it is non-destructive and provides useful information about fc performance and its components. in this study, for the first time, a 500w cascade type 4 cells stack with integrated humidifier, water separator and internal manifolds was designed, fabricated and tested. the ...

This paper reviewed over 100 articles on the subject of the mechanism of catalyst layer (CL) degradation and the effect of various contaminations in the polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). Also the recovery of PEMFC via different types of methods, the causes and fundamental mechanisms of cell degradation and their influence on long- term performance of PEM fuel cell were discussed i...

The main objective of this paper is to study the feasibility to implement fuzzy logic control into an energetic hybrid system and to optimize the membership functions of the fuzzy logic controller for the PV-PEMFC hybrid system using genetic algorithm (GA). The paper deals with a fuzzy logic control strategy objective to produce electrical energy according to the demand, prone to the constraint...

Nonfluorinated sulfonic acid membranes are a group of promising candidate materials for the commercialization of proton exchange membrane fuel cell PEMFC technology. However, one of the main obstacles is that the harsh fuel cell environment may originate different modes of degradation and aging processes that result in either chemical or morphological alteration in these membranes. The effect o...

Concerns over increasing energy consumption coupled with the diminishing supply of fossil-fuels have led to increased research and development in several forms of alternate energy, among which is the polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell. One of the primary obstacles that must be overcome in the development of PEMFC’s is the source of hydrogen. PEMFC’s are extremely intolerant to impurit...

Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are highly efficient power generators, achieving up to 50-60% conversion efficiency, even at sizes of a few kilowatts. PEMFCs have zero pollutant emissions when fueled directly with hydrogen, and near zero emissions when coupled to reformers. These attributes make them potentially attractive for a variety of applications including electric vehicles a...

An improved PEMFC model is developed. The improvement of the model includes modification for electrochemical reaction and mass transfer limitation at cathode and anode side. Global sensitivity analysis is used for evaluating the sensitivity of the model in parameter estimation. The simulation results reveal that estimated mass transfer coefficients depend on current density. The comparison show...

The dynamic models for the fuel cell power and the configuration of the fuel cell distributed generation system are shown in this paper. Due to nonlinear characteristics of fuel cell model, the output voltage of fuel cell varies greatly when the load changes. A novel interface is designed to provide a constant output voltage for charging of the battery bank of the fuel cell distributed generati...

Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are promising devices for clean power generation in automotive, stationary, and portable applications. Perfluorosulfonic acid (PFSA) ionomers (for example, Nafion) have been the benchmark PEMs; however, several problems, including high gas permeability, low thermal stability, high production cost, and environmental incompatibility, limit the widespre...

Water transport through the gas diffusion layer (GDL) of a proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell is of critical importance in the operation of the fuel cell. In this study, the transport of water vapor through the GDL is investigated. A one-dimensional, single-phase heat and mass transfer model is developed to investigate the diffusivity of water vapor through the GDL of a PEMFC. An experime...