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Hello,
![]() Thank you in advance for viewing my question. ![]() I am working on "PEM Fuel Cell Module" in Fluent. There are two flow channels, at the anode and cathode, and membrane blocks the flow of the gas into each side.(Hydrogen from Anode side and Air or Oxygen from the Cathode side) Hydrogen molecule is not supposed to pass through membrane, but only hydrogen ions. When I run the simulation of it and check the mass fraction of Hydrogen, I could check it passed through the membrane and exist at the another side. (Fig.1) Fig_1_hydrogen penetration.jpg I am not sure why it happened and how to deal with this. ![]() I am suspecting 2 things below.
Is there anyone who is familiar with this issue? ![]() It will be very pleased to get any response from you guys. Thank you again. ![]() |
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Hi Friend,
For the first question,you can set the mass fraction for hydrogen zero for the membrane layer. However, doing this, makes it difficult to get the converged solution. You can do that by going to cell zone "membrane" and from that go to hydrogen mass fraction and set it to "0". Then you can check and see that hydrogen is not permeated through the membrane any more. Probably something should be done with the PEM customized UDF, however, as I have not worked on fuel cell for several months, I can not recall the details now. Try it and let me know the outcome. Cheers,
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A-A Azarafza,
First of all, I really thank you for your response. To go further with your advice, I want to make sure about cell zone condition. At the cell zone condition, all parts except current collectors(anode and cathode), were set as fluid. That is because when I set them as solid, there were errors about segmentation or improper list. So when I click the specific part, for example, membrane, material name is 'fc-micture'. Only when I change the type as solid, I could see the material name of electrolyte-default. Is this normal? Though I set them as a fluid and materials name is just fc-mixture, it will automatically adapt the property of the electrolyte(default), since I set the part as an electrolyte at the Model? |
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First of all, I really thank you for your response. To go further with your advice, I want to make sure about cell zone condition. At the cell zone condition, all parts except current collectors(anode and cathode), were set as fluid. That is because when I set them as solid, there were errors about segmentation or improper list. So when I click the specific part, for example, electrolyte, material name is 'fc-micture'. Only when I change the type as solid, I could see the material name of electrolyte-default. Is this normal? Though I set them as a fluid and materials name is just fc-mixture, it will automatically adapt the property of the electrolyte(default), since I set the part as an electrolyte at the Model? cell_zone.jpg ![]() |
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Firstly, if you use the Fuel cell module, the Fuel Cell and Electrolysis Model allows for water and the ionic current to pass through the electrolyte/membrane.
Secondly, I noticed what you have said above. As you say, the membrane shoule be set as fluid in the cell zone condition and the material will be fc-mixture. Do you make the ''Update Cell Zones" keep selected when you open the Eletrolyte tab of the Fuel Cell and Electrolysis Models dialog box to specify zones and properties of the electrolyte/membrane portion of the fuel cell? |
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Fy is quite right. Did you manage to figure out the problem?
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And also about the figure you took. ![]() I set as you mentioned. (checked the box at the model, which is 'keep updated') I could make it clear because of your confirmation. Thank you again. Would you check the residual is converged? (though it is just 20 iterations) residual_007.jpg |
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As you directed, I changed the mass fraction of H2 and O2 as a 0 constant at the electrolyte. And then there was no penetration of H2 and O2 so far. Thank you! P.S. Is it right to check porous zone for the electrolyte? I have an another question about the current density. I only got I_anode = 0.024808 (A/cm^2) ... I_cathode = 0.025970 (A/cm^2). At the 0.65V fixed cathode voltage and Mass flow rate (kg/s) 6.00E-07(anode) 5.00E-06 (cathode) 1mmx1mmx50mm 1 turn of the serpentine flow channel. (so 2 long channel.) I think it is too small to compare other literature data. Do you have any suspicion about it? |
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Obviously it was convergent, but I don't know why it was so fast to reach convergence. p.s. what field do you research about pemfc? |
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When I ran it 90 iterations, the error below appeared and the graph roared. Error: Divergence detected in AMG solver: species-1 Error Object: #f |
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If it is single straight channel, no. it is serpentine channel. |
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BC_1.jpg BC_2.jpg BC_3.jpg I only correct the boundary condition of below. Inlet(anode) – mass flow inlet Inlet(cathode) – mass flow inlet Outlet(anode) – pressure outlet Outlet(cathode) - pressure outlet Terminal(anode) – wall Terminal(cathode) – wall As Solution Methods, I used “Simple” or ”coupled” Did I miss something important for the boundary conditions? I am very pleased for your sincere answers. |
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Did you figure out what was wrong? Currently facing the same problem.
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And when I changed the mesh, the comparable current was got. But still have some convergence problems. |
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Hi
The mass fraction of H2 inside the Anode channel does not change. That is, it does not pass through the membrane.why??? I think it's related to membrane cell zone condition settings Thanks for answering ![]() |
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Hi, are you solve your problem. Please help me i am also working on PEMFC 3D single cell model. But i get errors. Also i am not able to generate good quality of mesh.
Please provide me help for generating mesh. Thank you |
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