A kind of liquid cooled proton exchange membrane fuel cell
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of fuel cell, a kind of specifically liquid cooled proton exchange membrane fuel cell.
Background technology
Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells is a kind of device that produces electric energy by the electrochemical reaction of fuel and oxidant.The core component of this device is membrane electrode (Membrane Electrode Assembly is called for short MEA), is made up of two porous gas diffusion layers and a slice proton exchange membrane that is clipped in the middle.On the interface of proton exchange membrane and gas diffusion layers (as carbon paper), be attached with electrochemical catalyst.The two sides of membrane electrode is provided with guide plate, and the passage that arrives membrane electrode is provided for the reaction medium (fuel and oxidant) of participating in reaction.Has only a slice membrane electrode in the cell of fuel cell.In fuel cell, be assembled in the pile more than the cell of a slice mode with series connection, the output voltage of fuel cell is the summation of all monomer battery voltages in the fuel cell.
Another vitals of fuel cell is a pole plate.Pole plate is divided into bipolar plates and unipolar plate.Anode and cathode reaction are simultaneous in the both sides of pole plate respectively, are called bipolar plates; One side has only another side to link to each other with membrane electrode near the pole plate of current collector, and reaction only takes place in a side, is called unipolar plate.Containing on the pole plate can be for the passage of reaction medium circulation and the passage of cooling agent (as water) circulation.A reaction medium guiding gutter is contained on the surface of pole plate at least, guiding gutter provides the passage that arrives membrane electrode for the reaction medium (fuel or oxidant) of participating in electrode reaction, and the product that produces in reaction (as water) is discharged from fuel cell by the reaction medium guiding gutter.At least contain a coolant flow channel in the pole plate, coolant (as the water) coolant flow channel in the pole plate of flowing through is taken the heat that produces in the reaction out of fuel cell.Pole plate has certain air-tightness, and the encapsulant between pole plate, membrane electrode and pole plate and the membrane electrode separates fuel and the oxidant of participating in reaction.
Because pole plate provides passage for the circulation of electronics in the fuel cell reaction, the electric conductivity of pole plate is most important to the generating efficiency of fuel cell.The fuel cell of the pole plate that employing conducts electricity very well, the voltage drop when electric current passes through pole plate is just smaller, and the output voltage of fuel cell is just than higher under same electric current, and power output is also bigger.On the other hand, because the electric conductivity of pole plate is relatively good, the heat that produces during fuel cell power generation under same electric current is also fewer, and the power consumption of supporting with it fuel battery cooling system also can be smaller.Like this, the whole efficiency of fuel cell system is just than higher.Therefore, under situation as much as possible, the employed pole plate of fuel cell all is to be formed by materials processings such as the good graphite of electric conductivity, metals.
The fuel cell battery is made up of clamping a slice membrane electrode between two pole plates.Because membrane electrode very thin (thickness is usually less than 1mm), therefore the distance between adjacent two pole plates is very little.Fuel cell in use if there is conductor (as metallic element loosening in the system etc.) to come off on the cell group of fuel cell, might cause in the fuel cell mutual conduction between two or the polylith pole plate.
If the electric conductivity of conductor is not fine, or because the contact resistance between conductor and the pole plate is bigger, then the electric current that passes through on the conductor is not too large.In this case, the electric current that produces in the membrane electrode between contact with conductor two or the polylith pole plate equals the electric current sum passed through on fuel cell output current and the conductor, greater than the electric current that produces in other unaffected membrane electrode.Consequently, the voltage of the cell between contact with conductor two or the polylith pole plate will be lower than the voltage of other unaffected cell, causes the output voltage of fuel cell to reduce, and directly has influence on the power output of fuel cell.And the membrane electrode temperature drift between contact with conductor two or the polylith pole plate causes the moisture deficiency in the proton exchange membrane in the membrane electrode, has a strong impact on the reactivity worth of membrane electrode.
If conductor has excellent conducting performance, and contacting between conductor and the pole plate is good, can cause and conductor contacted two or polylith pole plate between short circuit mutually, cause the membrane electrode electric current between the short circuit pole plate excessive, the heat of generation sharply raises the membrane electrode temperature.Proton exchange membrane under the high temperature is easy to breakdown under the effect of reaction gas pressure difference, causes fuel cell to be ruined.
Therefore,, still from the view of security, avoid outside conducting and short circuit between the fuel battery pole board, all be very important no matter from fuel cell power generation efficient.
Summary of the invention
For solving the problem that newly has technology to exist, the purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of liquid cooled proton exchange membrane fuel cell that the fuel cell battery pack is had defencive function.
For achieving the above object, the present invention is achieved through the following technical solutions:
A kind of liquid cooled proton exchange membrane fuel cell, it comprises the cell group that is composed in series by one group of cell, current collector, the gas/liquid collector plate, end plate, connecting rod, nut and overcoat, the pole plate that described cell group comprises membrane electrode and is arranged on the membrane electrode both sides, cell group rear and front end is provided with current collector respectively successively, gas/liquid collector plate and end plate, connecting rod passes the end plate of both sides outermost end, and two end plates is clamped by nut, the coated outside of cell group one deck overcoat, described overcoat and cell group keep certain spacing, and are the electric insulation layers that one deck has permeability.
Described overcoat is formed on the cell group outside by spraying method, film pyrocondensation mode or the direct mounting means of shell molds.
The present invention's beneficial effect compared with prior art is:
1) by adds the mode of one deck overcoat in the outside of liquid cooled proton exchange membrane fuel cell cell group; can avoid the fuel cell battery pack being had good protective effect because external conductor touches the cell group and causes part conducting or short circuit between the cell group pole plate.
2) the overcoat raw material are cheap, can not increase the production cost of fuel cell.
3) technology is simple, is suitable for industrialization production.
Description of drawings
Fig. 1 is the structural representation of a kind of liquid cooled proton exchange membrane fuel cell of invention.
Embodiment
The invention will be further described below by drawings and Examples:
As shown in Figure 1, a kind of liquid cooled proton exchange membrane fuel cell of the present invention, it comprises the cell group 1 that is composed in series by one group of cell, current collector 2, gas/liquid collector plate 3, end plate 4, connecting rod 5, nut 6 and overcoat 10, the pole plate 8 that described cell comprises membrane electrode 7 and is arranged on membrane electrode 7 both sides, cell group 1 rear and front end is provided with current collector 2 respectively successively, gas/liquid collector plate 3 and end plate 4, connecting rod 5 passes the end plate 4 of both sides outermost end, and pass through nut 6 with two end plates 4 clampings, be installed with packing ring 9 on the connecting rod 5, nut 6 clamps two end plates 4 by packing ring 9.Overcoat 10 is electric insulation layers that one deck has permeability.
Overcoat 10 can tightly be attached to the outside of cell group 1, also can keep certain spacing with cell group 1.
Overcoat can be formed on cell group 1 outside by spraying method, film pyrocondensation mode or the direct mounting means of shell molds.Can make the electric insulation overcoat by the mode of molding, in the fuel cell assembling, be assembled in the outside of fuel cell battery pack; Also can after the fuel cell assembling finishes, place one deck thermoplastic film, be wrapped in the outside of fuel cell battery pack after shrinking at a certain temperature in the outside of fuel cell battery pack; Also can be after fuel cell assembling finish, have the resin of electrical insulation capability at the outside of fuel cell battery pack spraying one deck, form the electric insulation overcoat that one deck and fuel cell battery pack closely contact after the resin solidification moulding.
Described overcoat has permeability.When fuel cell generation fuel or oxidant leak, can guarantee that the fuel or the oxidant that leak see through overcoat to outdiffusion, and can in overcoat, not accumulate.