Recent advancement on thermal management strategies in PEM fuel cell stack: a technical assessment from the context of fuel cell electric vehicle application

Madheswaran, Dinesh Kumar; Jayakumar, Arunkumar; Varuvel, Edwin Geo

doi:10.1080/15567036.2022.2058122

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“…At this point, it is critical to admit the need for temperature management in conjunction with pH-level regulation for SMFC. Madheswaran et al (2022) have already noted a precondition similar to this for the efficacy of PEMFC.…”

Section: Opinion Regarding the Challenges With Smfc Deploymentsupporting

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Sediment Microbial Fuel Cells: Opinion of the Factors Impeding the Deployment

Madheswaran

2023

GLCE

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This article explores the potential and limitations of Sediment Microbial Fuel Cells (SMFCs) and their deployment for sustainable energy production and environmental remediation. SMFCs use naturally occurring redox gradients in sediments to produce bioelectricity, making them advantageous over conventional energy sources due to their affordability, simplicity, and ability to operate in various environments with minimum maintenance requirements. However, their low power output density restricts their practical applicability. The article discusses the controllable and uncontrollable factors that affect SMFC performance and their influence on SMFC functionality, electrode material, external resistance, electrode spacing, electrode design, electrode immersion dimensions, and catalyst. The article highlights the challenges facing SMFC deployment, particularly in large-scale businesses, such as the need for more scientific literature on SMFCs and inadequate focus on energy metrics.

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Section: Opinion Regarding the Challenges With Smfc Deploymentsupporting

confidence: 63%

Sediment Microbial Fuel Cells: Opinion of the Factors Impeding the Deployment

Madheswaran

2023

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“…The functional attributes of FFPs are to carry electric current efficiently from cell‐to‐cell, provide a reactant gas flow field, and offer mechanical robustness to the cell. The basic requirements of FFPs are the low cost of both material and manufacturing process, a good electrical and thermal conductivity, retention under fuel cell operating conditions, corrosion resistance, chemical stability (mitigate effect of corrosion products), gas permeability and easy manufacturability 19,20 . The impetus to develop FFPs to satisfy functional requirements is based on specific standards stipulated by the United States Department of Energy (US DoE), which is given in Table 1.…”

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Polymer based flow field plates for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell and the scope of additive manufacturing: A techno‐economic review

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Intl J of Energy Research

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Summary Flow field plate (FFP) is an integral polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) stack component that has multifunctional applications, such as facilitation of the reactant flow, transfer current from cell‐to‐cell, heat dissipation and product water removal. The conventional FFPs are made of graphite or metals, with their limitations, such as low corrosion resistance, heavyweight, high‐cost and complex manufacturability, which hinders the commercialization of PEMFCs. On the contrary, polymer composites are lightweight and low‐cost materials with good anti‐corrosion attributes. It is also evident that polymer composites are the primary choice of material in a wide range of additive manufacturing (AM) processes, given their unique attributes such as design freedom, the capability to fabricate intricate flow channel geometry and minimize material wastage. However, incorporating the AM process for FFP design involves substantial challenges and consequently the present paper performs a comprehensive review on the diverse literature limited to polymer composite FFPs developed in recent years (2011–2021) with an intention of providing a holistic insight on development of cost‐effective, high‐strength‐weight FFPs. The review also provides the prospectus of applying AM technology for fabricating polymer‐based composites for FFP applications. Finally, a holistic meta‐analysis is performed on strength and weakness of using polymer composite FFP, and the outlook is summarized.

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