Frontiers in Energy
>> 2017,
Volume 11,
Issue 3
doi:
10.1007/s11708-017-0488-0
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Failure mode investigation of fuel cell for vehicle application
Sunrise Power Co., Ltd. & National Engineering Research Centre of Fuel cell and H2 Technology, Dalian 116085, China
Accepted: 2017-07-27
Available online: 2017-09-07
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Abstract
The durability of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) has been posing a key technical challenge to commercial spread of fuel cell vehicles (FCVs). To improve the durability, it is necessary to optimize the fuel cell system (FCS) design against failure modes. The fuel cell durability research method at FCS scale was exhibited, and the failure modes of fuel cell were experimentally investigated in this paper. It is found that the fuel cell dry operation, start/stop cycle and gas diffusion layer (GDL) flooding are typical failure modes of fuel cells. After the modifications against the failure modes, the durability of FCSs is improved to over 3000 h step by step.
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