Effect of bipolar-plates design on corrosion,mass and heat transfer in proton-exchange membrane fuel cells and water electrolyzers:A review

Attaining a decarbonized and sustainable energy system,which is the core solution to global energy issues,is accessible through the development of hydrogen energy.Proton-exchange membrane water electrolyzers(PEMWEs)are promising devices for hydrogen production,given their high efficiency,rapid responsiveness,and compactness.Bipolar plates account for a relatively high percentage of the total cost and weight compared with other components of PEMWEs.Thus,optimization of their design may accelerate the promotion of PEMWEs.This paper reviews the advances in materials and flow-field design for bipolar plates.First,the working conditions of proton-exchange membrane fuel cells(PEMFCs)and PEMWEs are compared,including reaction direction,operating temperature,pressure,input/output,and potential.Then,the current research status of bipolar-plate substrates and surface coatings is summarized,and some typical channel-rib flow fields and porous flow fields are presented.Furthermore,the effects of materials on mass and heat transfer and the possibility of reducing corrosion by improving the flow field structure are explored.Finally,this review discusses the potential directions of the development of bipolar-plate design,including material fabrication,flow-field geometry optimization using threedimensional printing,and surface-coating composition optimization based on computational materials science.

A COMPUTER CODE FASTOR-3D FOR TRANSIENT THREE-DIMENSIONAL SIMULATION ON FLOW AND HEAT TRANS-FER WITH POROSITY APPROXIMATION

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Forced Convection Boiling Heat Transfer and Dryout Characteristics in Helical Coiled Tubes with Various Axial Angles

对水和水蒸汽汽液两相流体在螺旋轴呈各种倾角放置的螺旋管内强制对流沸腾传热与烧毁特性进行了系统地试验研究，试验中系统及结构参数范围如下：压力：Ｐ＝０．４～３．０ＭＰａ质量流速：Ｇ＝１００～２４００ｋｇ／ｍ２·ｓ进口水温：Ｔ＝３０～８０℃出口干度：ｘ＝－０．０５～１．２管内壁面热负荷：ｑ＝０～５４０ｋＥ／ｍ２试验段结构参数：总长Ｌ＝６４４８ｍｍ，管内径ｄ＝１１ｍｍ，螺旋直径Ｄ＝２５６ｍｍ，螺旋升角β＝４．２７°螺旋管轴向放置倾角：水平位置（０°）、向上倾斜４５°（＋４５°）、垂直向上（＋９０°）、向下倾斜４５°（－４５°）．共进行了１０５０个工况的试验．试验结果表明，螺旋管内汽液两相流强制对流沸腾传热可以划分为核态沸腾区、两相流强制对流区、烧毁及烧毁后传热区等３种区域．通过数据处理和分析总结，给出了３区域间转变的边界方程，和３个区域内两相流传热系数的计算公式．根据试验观察和数据结果，对烧毁现象及烧毁点或区域发生的条件及机理进行了深入的分析研究，发现一系列有关现象的规律和特点，指出了其主要影响因素，并给出了烧毁点临界质量干度的预报公式．

Numerical Investigation of Convective Heat Transfer and Friction in Solar Air Heater with Thin Ribs

The three-dimensional numerical investigation of an incompressible flow through rib roughened solar air heater is carried out.A combination of thin transverse and truncated ribs is attached on the absorber plate to study its effect on the heat transfer and friction factor.The parameters in the form of Reynolds number(Re)of 4000-16000,relative roughness pitch(P/e)of 8-18 and relative roughness height(e/Dh)of 0.0366-0.055 is considered for the analysis.The CFD code ANSYS FLUENT is used to solve the governing equations of turbulent flow.The RNG k-εturbulence model is used to solve the transport equations with enhanced wall treatment,keeping the Y+<1.The maximum enhancement ratio of the Nusselt number and friction factor obtained is 1.91 and 3.61 respectively.The detailed investigation on average heat transfer,friction factor and flow structures have been discussed.

Modeling and simulation of solvent behavior and temperature distribution within long stick propellants with large web thickness undergoing drying

Drying is a complicated physical process which involves simultaneous heat and mass transfer in the removal of solvents inside propellants.Inappropriate drying techniques may result in the formation of a hard skin layer near the surface to block the free access of most solvent through for long stick propellants with large web thickness,which lead to lower drying efficiency and worse drying quality.This study aims to gain a comprehensive understanding of drying process and clarify the mechanism of the blocked layer near the propellant surface.A new three-dimensional coupled heat and mass transfer(3D-CHMT)model was successfully developed under transient conditions.The drying experiment results show that the 3DCHMT model could be applied to describe the drying process well since the relative error of the content of solvent between simulation and experiment values is only 5.5%.The solvent behavior simulation demonstrates that the mass transfer process can be divided into super-fast(SF)and subsequent minorfast(MF)stages,and the SF stage is vital to the prevention of the blocked layer against the free access for solvent molecules inside propellant grains.The effective solvent diffusion coefficient(Deff)of the propellant surface initially increases from 3.4×10^(-6)to 5.3×10^(-6)m^(2)/s as the temperature increases,and then decreases to 4.1×10^(-8)m^(2)/s at 60-100 min.The value of Deffof surface between 0-1.4 mm has a unique trend of change compared with other regions,and it is much lower than that of the internal at100 min under simulation conditions.Meanwhile,the temperature of the propellant surface increases rapidly at the SF stage(0-100 min)and then very slowly thereafter.Both the evolution of Deffand temperature distribution demonstrate that the blocked layer near the propellant surface has been formed in the time period of approximately 0-100 min and its thickness is about 1.4 mm.To mitigate the formation of blocked layer and improve its drying quality of finial propellant products effectively,it should be initially dried at lower drying temperature(30-40℃)in 0-100 min and then dried at higher drying temperature(50-60℃)to reduce drying time for later drying process in double base gun propellants.The present results can provide theoretical guidance for drying process and optimization of drying parameters for long stick propellants with large web thickness.

Numerical Study of Conjugate Heat Transfer for Cooling the Circuit Board

In this paper, a 3D model of a flat circuit board with a heat generating electronic chip mounted on it has been studied numerically. The conjugate heat transfer including the conduction in the chip and convection with the surrounding fluid has been investigated numerically. Computational fluid dynamics using the finite volume method has been used for modeling the conjugate heat transfer through the chip and the circuit board. Conjugate heat transfer has broad applications in engineering and industrial applications in design of cooling off electronic components. Effects of various inlet velocities have been studied on the heat transfer variation and temperature of the circuit board. Numerical results show that the temperature of the chip reduces as the velocity of the inlet fluid flow increases.

汽轮发电机带有交替径向风道的转子流体与传热耦合分析

针对汽轮发电机带有交替径向通风道的转子发热冷却问题,以一台350 MW水氢氢冷汽轮发电机为研究对象,依据流体力学和传热学的基本理论,首先建立计及旋转的电机全域通风网络模型,采用逐次迭代法计算得到各支路流量和节点压力。其次,建立了带有交替径向风道的发电机转子流体-传热三维物理模型和数学模型,给出了基本假设和相应的边界条件,同时将通风网络计算得到的风速和压力作为转子求解域的耦合边界,采用有限体积法进行求解,计算结果与实测值吻合。然后分析了交替径向风道内流量分配和氢气流动情况,研究了转子内部氢气温度分布和槽楔出风口风温变化规律,探明了转子绕组和铁心轴向温度分布特性,讨论了副槽入口流量和槽楔出口直径对转子流体和温度的影响。得出副槽入口流量应控制在0.1~0.16 m^(3)/s范围内,且选择较小的槽楔出口直径,可以提高通风系统的效率与风量分配均匀性,降低转子轴向热不平衡。

Experiments and sensitivity analyses for heat transfer in a meter-scale regularly fractured granite model with water flow

Experiments of saturated water flow and heat transfer were conducted for a meter-scale model of regularly fractured granite.The fractured rock model(height 1502.5 mm,width 904 mm,and thickness 300 mm),embedded with two vertical and two horizontal fractures of pre-set apertures,was constructed using 18 pieces of intact granite.The granite was taken from a site currently being investigated for a high-level nuclear waste repository in China.The experiments involved different heat source temperatures and vertical water fluxes in the embedded fractures either open or filled with sand.A finite difference scheme and computer code for calculation of water flow and heat transfer in regularly fractured rocks was developed,verified against both the experimental data and calculations from the TOUGH2 code,and employed for parametric sensitivity analyses.The experiments revealed that,among other things,the temperature distribution was influenced by water flow in the fractures,especially the water flow in the vertical fracture adjacent to the heat source,and that the heat conduction between the neighboring rock blocks in the model with sand-filled fractures was enhanced by the sand,with larger range of influence of the heat source and longer time for approaching asymptotic steady-state than those of the model with open fractures.The temperatures from the experiments were in general slightly smaller than those from the numerical calculations,probably due to the fact that a certain amount of outward heat transfer at the model perimeter was unavoidable in the experiments.The parametric sensitivity analyses indicated that the temperature distribution was highly sensitive to water flow in the fractures,and the water temperature in the vertical fracture adjacent to the heat source was rather insensitive to water flow in other fractures.

开孔泡沫金属传热和流动特性

近年来开孔泡沫金属运用于散热设备逐渐成为研究的热点。由于开孔泡沫金属结构复杂无序,数值模拟时大都将其结构进行化简,目前已有种类繁多的简化模型,然而适用于其传热与流动特性模拟研究的简化模型尚不明确;另外,适用于散热领域的泡沫金属结构参数有待详细研究。为此,建立开孔泡沫金属的5种简化三维模型,并进行传热和流动特性的对比研究,认为Gibson-Ashby模型更能准确描述实际开孔泡沫金属的传热和流动性能。在此基础上,采用Gibson-Ashby模型对开孔泡沫金属的关键结构参数进行传热和流动综合性能分析,发现孔隙率90%、孔密度30PPI开孔泡沫金属翅片的综合性能j/f^(1/3)(j为换热因子,f为阻力因子)最优;将孔隙率90%、孔密度30PPI开孔泡沫金属翅片与平直翅片进行对比,发现开孔泡沫金属翅片换热效果是平直翅片的2倍以上,综合性能也优于平直翅片。所得研究成果可为开孔泡沫金属在换热领域的应用和设计提供参考。

Natural Convective Heat and Mass Transfer on a Vertical Heated Plate for Water Flow Containing Metal Corrosion Particles

Corrosion products of structural materials when contained in water usually are in two states:soluble state and colloidal particles with dimeter about 10^-3-10^-1um,Deposits of such corrosion products on tube surfaces under high pressure will jeopardize the operating economy of power plant equipment and even esult in accidents.A numerical study is reported in this paper of the natural convective heat and mass transfer on a vertical heated plate subject to the flrst or mixed kind of boundary conditions for high-pressure water(P=17MPa) containing metal corrosion products with consideration of varialbe thermophysical properties.

气侧均流装置对冷却三角单元流动传热特性影响的实验研究

对于间接空冷系统冷端基本传热元件−冷却三角单元,通过在其加装及相邻未加装气侧均流装置冷却三角单元内的两侧冷却柱沿散热管束横向布置风速、风温、壁温测点,进一步在左右两侧出水柱布置壁温测点,对比分析两侧冷却柱沿散热管束横向迎风风速、风温、壁温及出水壁温的变化规律,研究气侧均流装置对冷却三角单元流动传热特性及出水壁温分布的影响机制。研究结果表明:加装气侧均流装置后冷却三角单元两侧冷却柱沿散热管束横向迎风风温、壁温分布更加均匀,两侧出水柱壁温均值更低,且降低了两侧出水柱壁温差,气侧均流装置优化了两侧冷却柱的换热均匀性。

超临界工况下水在换热表面传热特性研究进展

对于超临界水传热特性的研究,自21世纪初以来呈快速增长的态势发展.该文总结了近年来国内外学者对于超临界水换热性能的研究,系统分析了浮升力、壁面热流密度、质量流速、压力等因素对其流动换热特性的影响.众多结果表明:浮升效应引起的剪切应力和径向流速的变化会导致传热恶化;通过减小热流密度,提高质量流速能有效改善传热.目前研究中给出了超临界水一般传热关系式,但其适用精度还需进一步提升.

Fin formation model during pre-roll ploughing of copper 3D outside fin tube

The mechanism of pre roll ploughing for 3D fins on the outside surface of copper tube was studied systematically, and especially the process and conditions of 3D fin formation were analyzed. The right mathematical model was also established. Based on the volume of fin ploughed out is equal to the volume of the metal extruded up by the extruding face of the tool, the relations between fin height, pre roll ploughing feed and pre roll ploughing depth have been achieved. With the increase of pre roll ploughing depth which must be equal to groove depth, the fin height gradually becomes larger. There are different critical feeds with the various depths of pre roll ploughing. The pre roll ploughing feed is the critical one, the height of fin is largest. And when the feed is above the critical one, the fin height will reduce with the increase of feed. The theoretical analysis basically accords with experimental results.

INVESTIGATION ON FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS OF ANNULAR TWO-PHASE FLOW THROUGH THE VENTURITUBE

A model that incorporates the important phenomena in annular gas-water flow through a Venturi tube has been presented. A series of the experiments were carried out to measure the flow and heat transfer characteristics in cold and hog conditions. The comparison between numerical and experimental results shows good agreement.

NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF 3-D TURBULENT FLOWS OVER DREDGED TRENCHES

A 3- D free surface flow in open channels based on the Reynolds equations with the k-ε turbulence closure model is presented in this paper. Insted of the 'rigid lid' approximation, the solution of the free surface equation is implemented in the velocity-pressure iterative procedure on the basis of the conventional SIMPLE method. This model was used to compute the flow in rectangular channels with trenches dredged across the bottom. The velocity, eddy viscosity coefficient, turbulent shear stress, turbulent kinetic energy and elevation of the free surface can be obtained. The computed results are in good agreement with previous experimental data.

Numerical Study on Application of CuO-Water Nanofluid in Automotive Diesel Engine Radiator

Application of CuO-water nanofluid with size of the nanoparticles of 20 nm and volume concentrations up 2% is numerically investigated in a radiator of Chevrolet Suburban diesel engine under turbulent flow conditions. The heat transfer relations between airflow and nanofluid coolant have been obtained to evaluate local convective and overall heat transfer coefficients and also pumping power for nanofluid flowing in the radiator with a given heat exchange capacity. In the present study, the effects of the automotive speed and Reynolds number of the nanofluid in the different volume concentrations on the radiator performance are also investigated. The results show that for CuO-water nanofluid at 2% volume concentration circulating through the flat tubes with Renf = 6000 while the automotive speed is 70 km/hr, the overall heat transfer coefficient and pumping power are approximately 10% and 23.8% more than that of base fluid for given conditions, respectively.

Friction factor and heat transfer of nanofluid in the turbulent flow through a 90°bend

Heat transfer and energy performance of Al_(2)O_(3)/water nanofluid in a 90°bend with circular cross-section are investigated in the range of Reynolds number(Re)from 5000 to 30000,particle volume concentration(Φ)from 0.005%to 4%,Schmidt number(Sc)from 9870 to 296100,Dean number(De)from 6636 to 14847.The momentum and energy equations of nanofluid together with the dynamic equation for nanoparticles are solved numerically with the particle convection,diffusion,coagulation and breakage taken into consideration.Some results are validated by comparing with the available experimental or numerical results.The effect of Re,Φ,Sc and De on the friction factor and heat transfer of Al_(2)O_(3)/water nanofluidis discussed.The results showed that the particle number decreases along the pipeline.Increasing De,Sc leads to a decrease and increase ofΦ,respectively.The mean particle diameter and particle polydispersity increase with increasing Debut with decreasing Sc.The friction factor increases with increasingΦ,Sc De and Pr but with decreasing Sc.The ratio of energy performance evaluation criterion(PEC)for the Al_(2)O_(3)/water nanofluid to the base fluid increases with increasing Re,Φand De,but with decreasing Sc.Finally,the expression of ratio of energy PEC for the nanofluid to the base fluid as a function of Re,Φ,Sc and De is derived.

Characterization of 3D microstructure,thermal conductivity,and heat flow of cement-based foam using imaging technique

This study presents the results of the 3D microstructure,thermal conductivity,and heat flow in cement-based foams and examines their changes with a range of densities.Images were captured using X-ray micro computed tomography(micro-CT)imaging technique on cement-based foam samples prepared with densities of 400,600,and 800 kg/m^(3).These images were later simulated and quantified using 3D data visualization and analysis software.Based on the analysis,the pore volume of 11000µm^(3)was determined across the three densities,leading to optimal results.However,distinct pore diameters of 15µm for 800 kg/m^(3),and 20µm for 600 and 400 kg/m^(3)were found to be optimum.Most of the pores were spherical,with only 10%appearing elongated or fractured.In addition,a difference of 15%was observed between the 2D and 3D porosity results.Moreover,a difference of 5%was noticed between the experimentally measured thermal conductivity and the numerically predicted value and this variation was constant across the three cast densities.The 3D model showed that heat flows through the cement paste solids and with an increase in porosity this flow reduces.

Numerical investigation of flow unsteadiness and heat transfer on suction surface of rotating airfoils within a gas turbine cascade

The effects of the periodical turbulence and pressure fluctuation on suction surface heat transfer over airfoils of a row of rotor blades with a certain type have been investigated numerically in this paper.The calculation is perfomed using v^(2)-f model with the numerical results of pressure fluctuation and heat transfer performance over 4 sample points being analyzed and compared with existing experimental data.It shows that the static pressure change has significant impact on heat transfer performance of the fore suction surface,especially in the active region of the shock waves formed from the trailing edge of upstream nuzzles.While,for the rear suction surface,the flow turbulence contributes more to the heat transfer change over the surface,due to the reduced pressure oscillation through this region.Phase shifted phenomenon across the surface can be observed for both pressure and heat transfer parameters,which should be a result of turbulence migration and wake passing across the airfoil.

A 3D basin modeling study of the factors controlling gas hydrate accumulation in the Shenhu Area of the South China Sea

Great advancement has been made on natural gas hydrates exploration and test production in the northern South China Sea.However,there remains a lot of key questions yet to be resolved,particularly about the mechanisms and the controls of gas hydrates enrichment.Numerical simulaution would play signficant role in addressing these questions.This study focused on the gas hydrate exploration in the Shenhu Area,Northern South China Sea.Based on the newly obtained borehole and multichannel reflection seismic data,the authors conducted an integrated 3D basin modeling study on gas hydrate.The results indicate that the Shenhu Area has favorable conditions for gas hydrate accumulation,such as temperature,pressure,hydrocarbon source,and tectonic setting.Gas hydrates are most concentrated in the Late Miocene strata,particularly in the structual highs between the Baiyun Sag and the Liwan Sag,and area to the south of it.It also proved the existence of overpressure in the main sag of source rocks,which was subject to compaction disequilibrium and hydrocarbon generation.It also shown that the regional fault activity is not conducive to gas hydrate accumulation due to excess gas seepage.The authors conjecture that fault activity may slightly weaken overpressure for the positive effect of hydrocarbon expulsion and areas lacking regional fault activity have better potential.