TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hirschfeld, Julian A.
A1  - Lustfeld, Hans
A1  - Reißel, Martin
A1  - Steffen, Bernhard
T1  - A novel scheme for precise diagnostics and effective stabilization of currents in a fuel cell stack
T2  - International Journal of Energy Research
N2  - A novel scheme for detecting inhomogeneous internal currents in a fuel cell stack is presented. In this paper the scheme is investigated for the case that the flow field plates consist of graphite. Then plates of high conductivity, e.g. aluminium between the flow field plates together with small slits in these plates have three effects: (a) Whenever a local inhomogeneity of the electric current occurs at a particular cell in the stack, this will induce a surface current close to that cell perpendicular to the averaged current. This current can be detected. (b) The plates of high conductivity completely prevent the inhomogeneities from spreading to neighbouring cells. (c) Even at the particular cell the inhomogeneity is suppressed as far as possible. Thus this scheme leads to much better diagnostic possibilities and at the same time reduces electric instabilities to an extent, where they probably become harmless. This scheme will first be explained for a simple model to clarify the idea. However, very precise three dimensional computations using realistic parameters are presented, corroborating the results of the simple model.
Y1  - 2010
UR  - https://opus.bibliothek.fh-aachen.de/opus4/frontdoor/index/index/docId/4130
SN  - 0363-907X
VL  - 34
IS  - 3
SP  - 293
EP  - 301
PB  - Wiley
CY  - London
ER  -