CN109643809A - A kind of engagement type ultra-thin metal bipolar plate and its three-dimensional flow field - Google Patents

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CN109643809A
CN109643809A CN201880002721.2A CN201880002721A CN109643809A CN 109643809 A CN109643809 A CN 109643809A CN 201880002721 A CN201880002721 A CN 201880002721A CN 109643809 A CN109643809 A CN 109643809A
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Abstract

A kind of engagement type ultra-thin metal bipolar plate of fuel cell, including two pieces of metal single level plates (1), there is a plurality of recessed runner (2) in metal single level plates, runner is as flow field grooves, part between adjacent channels is flow field ridge, the section of runner in the width direction is that section trapezoidal, along its length is waveform, and the flow field ridge of a single level plates is inserted into the flow field grooves of another single level plates, and two pieces of metal single level plates engage at wavy trough.The metal double polar plates pass through the flow Field Design of " trapezoidal wave ", on the one hand the three-dimensional transmission of fuel gas may be implemented, on the other hand by realizing the engagement type combination between two single level plates at " trough " in " trapezoidal wave " flow field, third utilizes can be in the flow field of the hollow space of bipolar plates formation coolant liquid at " wave crest " in waveform flow field.By the design of this engagement type metal double polar plates, the thickness of bipolar plates can further be thinned, realize the design molding of ultra-thin metal bipolar plate, and retain the flow field of coolant liquid or cooling gas simultaneously.

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A kind of engagement type ultra-thin metal bipolar plate and its three-dimensional flow field
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of used in proton exchange membrane fuel cell metal double polar plates and flow Field Design technical fields, specifically relate to And a kind of fuel cell engagement type metal double polar plates and its three-dimensional flow field.
Background technique
Currently, air pollution deteriorates increasingly, and environmental problem is by national pay attention to day by day.It is international in terms of automobile Upper many countries have all formulated the timetable that conventional fuel oil car steps down from the stage of history, so that new-energy automobile has become the hair of country One of exhibition strategy.The chemical energy in hydrogen directly can be converted into electricity by the Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells of fuel of hydrogen Can, water is only discharged in the process, is a kind of green power generation device of hydrogen utilization, can be used for the driving power of electric car, And vehicle fuel battery technology industrialization in the world.
Bipolar plates are one of critical components of vehicle fuel battery, since the space of car limits, to vehicle fuel battery Volumetric power density it is more demanding, this requires the very thin thickness of bipolar plates in the output power situation maintained like Under, the volume of vehicle fuel battery is reduced as far as possible, that is, improves the volumetric power density of vehicle fuel battery.And in bipolar plate thickness In the case that degree is thinned, conventional graphite bipolar plates or composite dual-electrode plates can not due to factors such as mechanical performance, gas permeation rates Using, need using metal material prepare bipolar plates.In the design of existing metal double polar plates, flow field grooves are set based on rectangular section Meter prepares a metal double polar plates by the metal monopole plate of two rectangular sections design with the form of " occlusion " combination, and two The ridge part of unipolar plate forms hollow space in the intermediate of bipolar plates, to form the flow field of coolant liquid or cooling gas.And this If the flow field of kind of rectangular section is assembled in the form of " engagement ", hollow cooling flow field will be closed, causes fuel electric Pond can not cool down.For the volumetric power density for further increasing vehicle fuel battery, the stream by improving metal double polar plates is needed Field design, while the thickness of reduction metal double polar plates reaches the output power for keeping vehicle fuel battery while optimizing flow field The volume of fuel cell is reduced, to realize the purpose for improving vehicle fuel battery volumetric power density.
Summary of the invention
It is an object of the invention to solve the problems of the prior art, provide a kind of fuel cell engagement type metal bipolar Plate is designed by the three-dimensional flow field to the metal double polar plates, can be effectively reduced the thickness of metal double polar plates, be kept output power The volume of vehicle fuel battery is reduced simultaneously, to realize the purpose for improving the volumetric power density of vehicle fuel battery.
To achieve the above object, technical scheme is as follows:
A kind of engagement type ultra-thin metal bipolar plate, including two pieces of metal single level plates have a plurality of recessed stream in metal single level plates Road, for runner as flow field grooves, the part between adjacent channels is flow field ridge, the section of runner in the width direction be it is trapezoidal, along length The section for spending direction is waveform, and the flow field grooves and flow field ridge of two pieces of metal single level plates replace each other, i.e., the stream of one unipolar plate Field ridge is inserted into the flow field grooves of another unipolar plate, and two pieces of metal single level plates engage at " trough " of " waveform ".
The trapezoidal bottom is the top of runner, and trapezoidal upper bottom is the lower part of runner, by change trapezoidal upper bottom and The length of bottom controls the ridge ratio in flow field.
Wavy equation is SIN function or cosine function.
The upper bottom and bottom of flow field grooves trapezoid cross section are identical as the upper bottom of flow field ridge and bottom respectively.
The technical effect that the present invention has:
Fuel cell metal double polar plates and its three-dimensional flow field design scheme provided by the present invention use section to be trapezoidal and just The flow Field Design of chord curve or cosine curve, and the ridge ratio that flow field can be effectively controlled is designed by trapezoid cross section, pass through wave Tee section design, by two flow field grooves and ridge, alternate unipolar plate at sinusoidal or cosine curve " trough " sentences engagement each other Form is combined into a bipolar plates, and the thickness with a thickness of two sheet metals of such metal double polar plates adds a flow field groove depth Degree obtains ultrathin metal double polar plates so as to which the thickness of a flow field groove depth is effectively thinned;Simultaneously because using just String or the design of cosine curve section, there are spaces at " wave crest ", and form the coolant liquid or cold of metal double polar plates hollow space But the flow field of gas.Due to using the alternate unipolar plate design each other of two kinds of flow field grooves and ridge, thus in assembled battery heap, The flow field grooves that need to ensure the metal double polar plates of fuel cell membrane electrode two sides are identical with the position of ridge, and cannot replace, if it is Being alternately arranged will lead to membrane electrode and is destroyed by shearing force.By the design scheme of the engagement type ultrathin metal double polar plates, Relative to the metal double polar plates of traditional " occlusion " formula design, the thickness of bipolar plates can be effectively reduced, reduce vehicle fuel battery The volume of heap improves its volumetric power density.
The present invention is designed as engagement type design by improving conventional snap formula metal double polar plates, and it is double to effectively reduce metal The thickness of one flow field groove depth of pole plate, realizes the design of thinner metal double polar plates, is keeping vehicle fuel to can ensure that In the case that battery pile output power is constant, reach the volume for reducing the battery pile, improves the volumetric work of vehicle fuel battery heap The purpose of rate density.
Detailed description of the invention
The present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 is the sectional view of bipolar plates of the present invention in the width direction;
Fig. 2 is the flow field structure schematic diagram of bipolar plates of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the trapezoid cross section schematic diagram in width of flow path direction;
Fig. 4 is the sectional view in flow channel length direction;
Fig. 5 is the length direction schematic diagram of metal double polar plates.
Specific embodiment
Below by embodiment, the present invention will be further described.
Embodiment 1
A kind of engagement type ultra-thin metal bipolar plate, including two pieces of metal single level plates 1 have in metal single level plates 1 multiple recessed Runner 2, runner 2 are used as flow field grooves, and the part between adjacent channels 2 is flow field ridge, and the section of runner 2 in the width direction is ladder Shape, section along its length are wave, and the flow field grooves and flow field ridge of two pieces of metal single level plates 1 replace each other, i.e. a monopole The part of plate flow field grooves corresponds to the part of another unipolar plate flow field ridge, and two pieces of metal single level plates are at " trough " of " waveform " Engagement.The equation of wave is SIN function or cosine function, is in the present embodiment SIN function.
Its processing method is as follows:
Step 1. is metal single level plates substrate using the sheet metal with a thickness of 0.1mm;
Step 2. metal double polar plates flow Field Design is specific as follows:
1. cross section of fluid channel distinguishes trapezoidal and waveform, flow-field plate is as shown in Fig. 1;
2. the upper bottom length 0.5mm in isosceles trapezoid section, go to the bottom length 0.8mm, i.e. flow field plate faces groove width 0.8mm, ridge is wide 0.5mm, as shown in attached drawing 1,2;
3. wavy cross-section equation is 0.12*sin (x), flow path groove depth capacity 0.4mm, minimum-depth 0.16mm, as attached drawing 1, Shown in 3;
Step 3. designs the flow-field plate drawing opposite with flow field grooves in step 2 and flow field ridge position;
Step 4. processes corresponding stamping die based on the design in step 2 and 3 respectively;
Sheet metal in step 1 is carried out punch forming using the mold in step 4 respectively by step 5.;
Step 6. using based on step 2 and step 3 stamp out come two unipolar plates, in form knot of the wave trough position to engage It closes, as shown in Fig. 4, obtains engagement type ultrathin metal double polar plates.
Example 2:
Wavy equation is cosine function in the present embodiment.
Step 1. is substrate using the sheet metal with a thickness of 0.1mm;
Step 2. metal double polar plates flow Field Design is specific as follows:
1. cross section of fluid channel distinguishes trapezoidal and waveform;
2. the upper bottom length 0.6mm in isosceles trapezoid section, go to the bottom length 1mm, i.e. flow field plate faces groove width 1mm, the wide 0.6mm of ridge; 3. wavy cross-section equation is 0.1*cos (x), flow path groove depth capacity 0.4mm, minimum-depth 0.2mm;
Step 3. designs the flow-field plate drawing opposite with flow field grooves in step 2 and flow field ridge position;
Step 4. processes corresponding stamping die based on the design in step 2 and 3 respectively;
Sheet metal in step 1 is carried out punch forming using the mold in step 4 respectively by step 5.;
Step 6. using based on step 2 and step 3 stamp out come two unipolar plates, in form knot of the wave trough position to engage It closes, obtains engagement type ultrathin metal double polar plates.
It is emphasized that: the above is only presently preferred embodiments of the present invention, not make in any form to the present invention Limitation, any simple modification, equivalent change and modification to the above embodiments according to the technical essence of the invention, It belongs in the range of technical solution of the present invention.

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  1. Have 1. a kind of engagement type ultra-thin metal bipolar plate, including two pieces of metal single level plates, in metal single level plates a plurality of recessed Runner, for runner as flow field grooves, the part between adjacent channels is flow field ridge, which is characterized in that runner cutting in the width direction It is waveform that face, which is section trapezoidal, along its length, and the flow field grooves and flow field ridge of two pieces of metal single level plates replace each other, i.e., one The flow field ridge of a unipolar plate is inserted into the flow field grooves of another unipolar plate, " trough " of two pieces of metal single level plates in " waveform " Place's engagement.
  2. 2. a kind of engagement type ultra-thin metal bipolar plate as described in claim 1, which is characterized in that the trapezoidal bottom is stream The top in road, trapezoidal upper bottom are the lower parts of runner, control the ridge in flow field by changing the length at trapezoidal upper bottom and bottom Than.
  3. 3. a kind of engagement type ultra-thin metal bipolar plate as described in claim 1, which is characterized in that wavy equation is sine Function or cosine function.
  4. 4. a kind of engagement type ultra-thin metal bipolar plate as described in claim 1, which is characterized in that flow field grooves trapezoid cross section it is upper Bottom and bottom are identical as the upper bottom of flow field ridge and bottom respectively.
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