CN114709439A - Proton exchange membrane fuel cell flow field plate - Google Patents

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CN114709439A
CN114709439A CN202210604077.4A CN202210604077A CN114709439A CN 114709439 A CN114709439 A CN 114709439A CN 202210604077 A CN202210604077 A CN 202210604077A CN 114709439 A CN114709439 A CN 114709439A
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The invention relates to the technical field of fuel cells, in particular to a flow field plate of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell; the serpentine flow channel, the air inlet and the water outlet are arranged on the surface of the flow field plate body, the middle position of the serpentine flow channel is a reaction section flow channel, the edge position of the serpentine flow channel is an air inlet section flow channel and a water outlet section flow channel, the end part of the air inlet section flow channel is communicated with the air inlet, the end part of the water outlet section flow channel is communicated with the water outlet, because the depths of the air inlet section runner and the water drainage section runner are deeper than the depths of the reaction section runner, the reaction gas can pass through the upper part of the water body in the air inlet section runner and the water drainage section runner, which is beneficial to the ventilation of the air inlet section runner and the water drainage section runner, meanwhile, the depth of the flow passage of the reaction section is shallower than that of the flow passage of the air inlet section and the water discharge section, so that the reaction gas can be conveniently diffused to the catalyst layer of the fuel cell, and further improving the temperature of the flow channel of the reaction section, vaporizing part of accumulated water in the flow channel of the reaction section, and realizing the circulation of reaction gas in the snakelike flow channel.

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Proton exchange membrane fuel cell flow field plate
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of fuel cells, in particular to a flow field plate of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell.
Background
Flow field plates are an important component of proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Flow field plates are typically provided in a land-and-groove configuration, consisting essentially of lands in direct contact with the gas diffusion layer of the fuel cell, and grooves formed between the lands for the transport of reactant gases and water. The current common flow field plates mainly comprise serpentine flow field plates, straight channel flow field plates, interdigitated flow field plates, dotted flow field plates, meshed flow field plates and the like.
After water vapor generated in the reaction process of the fuel cell reaches the flow field plate through the gas diffusion layer, the water vapor is cooled and liquefied at the flow field plate to form liquid water, the liquid water is accumulated to a large extent, and the liquid water enters the grooves of the flow field plate in strands to form water flow, and in order to prevent the cathode from being flooded, the water flow formed by the cathode reaction needs to be carried out through the grooves of the flow field plate by unreacted reaction gas. As the flow channel of the serpentine flow field plate is longer, reasonable designed ridges are needed to enhance the drainage capacity of the flow field plate, thereby reducing the blockage of the fuel cell reaction caused by the water generated in the reaction process.
In the flow field structure of the traditional serpentine flow field plate which is uniformly distributed, because condensation liquefaction at the air inlet and water flow aggregation at the air outlet result in more water production at two ends of a flow channel of the flow field plate, two ends of the flow channel are easy to block, and reaction gas is difficult to circulate at two ends of the flow channel.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to overcome the technical defects, provides a flow field plate of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell, and solves the technical problem that water in the serpentine flow field plate of the fuel cell in the prior art easily blocks two ends of a serpentine flow channel, so that reaction gas is difficult to flow at the two ends of the flow channel.
In order to achieve the technical purpose, the technical scheme of the invention provides a proton exchange membrane fuel cell flow field plate, which comprises a flow field plate body, wherein a snake-shaped flow channel, an air inlet and a water outlet are arranged on the surface of the flow field plate, the snake-shaped flow channel comprises a reaction section flow channel positioned in the middle of the snake-shaped flow channel, and an air inlet section flow channel and a water outlet section flow channel which are communicated with two ends of the reaction section flow channel, the air inlet is communicated with the end part of the air inlet section flow channel, the water outlet is communicated with the end part of the water outlet section flow channel, the flow channel depth of the reaction section flow channel is shallower than the flow channel depth of the air inlet section flow channel and the water outlet section flow channel, so that an air ventilation space and a water containing space are respectively formed on the air inlet section flow channel and the water outlet section flow channel on two sides of a separation surface with the same height as the bottom wall of the reaction section flow channel, and the water containing space is positioned between the separation surface, the air inlet section flow channel and the bottom wall of the water outlet section flow channel, the water containing space is used for containing accumulated water, and the ventilation space is used for draining and ventilating.
Optionally, the reaction section flow channel includes a plurality of gas diffusion flow channels arranged in parallel and connected in sequence, the gas diffusion flow channels located at two sides of the edge are respectively communicated with the gas inlet section flow channel and the water discharge section flow channel, a corner flow channel is arranged at a joint of each gas diffusion flow channel, and the flow channel width of the corner flow channel is smaller than that of the gas diffusion flow channel, so as to enhance water discharge of the corner flow channel.
Optionally, the cross-sectional areas of the gas inlet section flow channels and the water discharge section flow channels are equal to the cross-sectional area of the gas diffusion flow channels.
Optionally, the ratio of the widths of the gas inlet section flow channel and the gas diffusion flow channel is 1:2, and the ratio of the depths of the gas inlet section flow channel and the gas diffusion flow channel is 2: 1.
Optionally, the ratio of the widths of the drainage section flow channel and the gas diffusion flow channel is 1:2, and the ratio of the depths of the drainage section flow channel and the gas diffusion flow channel is 2: 1.
Optionally, the ratio of the width of the corner flow channels to the width of the gas diffusion flow channels is 1: 2.
optionally, the reaction section flow channel further includes a first transition flow channel and a second transition flow channel, the first transition flow channel is used for communicating the gas inlet section flow channel and the gas diffusion flow channel, the second transition flow channel is used for communicating the water outlet section flow channel and the gas diffusion flow channel, the width of the first transition flow channel is equal to that of the gas inlet section flow channel, and the width of the second transition flow channel is equal to that of the water outlet section flow channel.
Optionally, a buffer inclined plane is arranged at a joint of the gas inlet section flow passage and the gas diffusion flow passage and a joint of the water drainage section flow passage and the gas diffusion flow passage.
Optionally, an included angle between the buffer inclined plane and the air inlet section flow channel and the water drainage section flow channel is 120-160 degrees.
Optionally, a separation ridge is disposed at a middle position of the bottom wall of the serpentine flow channel, and the separation ridge extends from the air inlet to the water outlet to separate the serpentine flow channel into two separation flow channels.
Compared with the prior art, the proton exchange membrane fuel cell flow field plate provided by the invention has the beneficial effects that: the snakelike flow passage, the air inlet and the water outlet are arranged on the surface of the flow field plate body, the middle position of the snakelike flow passage is a reaction section flow passage, the edge positions of the snakelike flow passage are an air inlet section flow passage and a water outlet section flow passage, the end part of the air inlet section flow passage is communicated with the air inlet, the end part of the water outlet section flow passage is communicated with the water outlet, and as the depths of the air inlet section flow passage and the water outlet section flow passage are deeper than those of the reaction section flow passage, the air inlet section flow passage and the water outlet section flow passage form a water containing space and a ventilating space which are positioned at two sides of the partition surface, when the water produced by the air inlet section flow passage and the water outlet section flow passage is more than that of the partition surface, the reaction gas can pass through the ventilating space above the water in the air inlet section flow passage and the water outlet section flow passage and take away the water above the partition surface, so that the ventilation of the air inlet section flow passage and the water outlet section flow passage is realized, and the blockage of the reaction gas caused by the water accumulated at two end positions of the snakelike flow passage is effectively avoided, meanwhile, the depth of the reaction section flow channel is shallower than that of the gas inlet section flow channel and the water drainage section flow channel, so that reaction gas can be conveniently diffused to a catalyst layer of the fuel cell, the temperature of the reaction section flow channel is further improved, part of accumulated water in the reaction section flow channel is vaporized, the blockage of water in the reaction section flow channel is avoided, and the circulation of the reaction gas in the snake-shaped flow channel is realized.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a flow field plate of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell provided in embodiment 1 of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a side view of a flow field plate of a pem fuel cell provided in example 1 of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along line a-a of fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a graph showing the reaction gas concentration of the reaction channel of the reaction section varying with the length direction of the flow channel in the ionic membrane, the catalytic layer, the gas diffusion layer and the flow channel according to example 1 of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is a graph showing the variation of the concentration of the reactant gas in the flow channels of the gas inlet section and the water outlet section according to the length direction of the flow channels in the ionic membrane, the catalytic layer, the gas diffusion layer and the flow channels in example 1 of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a flow field plate of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell provided in embodiment 2 of the present invention.
Wherein, in the figures, the respective reference numerals:
10-flow field plate body 11-snakelike runner 12-air inlet
13-water outlet 111-reaction section flow passage 112-air inlet section flow passage
113-drainage section flow passage 114-buffer inclined plane 115-separation ridge
116-separate channel 1111-gas diffusion channel 1112-corner channel
1113-first transition flow channel 1114-second transition flow channel 1121-plenum
1122-water-accommodating space a-dividing surface.
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In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention is described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.
Example 1:
embodiment 1 of the present invention provides a proton exchange membrane fuel cell flow field plate, including a flow field plate body 10, a serpentine flow channel 11 is disposed on a surface of the flow field plate, an air inlet 12 and a water outlet 13 are respectively disposed at two ends of the serpentine flow channel 11, the serpentine flow channel 11 includes a reaction section flow channel 111 located in a middle portion of the serpentine flow channel 11, and an air inlet section flow channel 112 and a water outlet section flow channel 113 communicated with two ends of the reaction section flow channel 111, an end portion of the air inlet section flow channel 112 is communicated with the air inlet 12, an end portion of the water outlet section flow channel 113 is communicated with the water outlet 13, a flow channel depth of the reaction section flow channel 111 is shallower than a flow channel depth of the air inlet section flow channel 112 and the water outlet section flow channel 113, so that two sides of a partition plane a on the air inlet section flow channel 112 and the water outlet section flow channel 113 and having the same height as a bottom wall of the reaction section flow channel respectively form an air vent space 1121 and a water accommodating space, the water accommodating space is located between the partition plane a and a bottom wall 1122 of the air inlet section flow channel 112 and the water outlet section flow channel 113, the water receiving space 1122 is used for receiving accumulated water, and the aeration space 1121 is used for draining water and aeration.
Specifically, a serpentine flow channel 11, an air inlet 12 and a water outlet 13 are arranged on the surface of the flow field plate body 10, the middle position of the serpentine flow channel 11 is a reaction section flow channel 111, the edge positions of the serpentine flow channel 11 are an air inlet section flow channel 112 and a water outlet section flow channel 113, the end of the air inlet section flow channel 112 is communicated with the air inlet 12, the end of the water outlet section flow channel 113 is communicated with the water outlet 13, the reaction gas carries a small amount of gaseous water into the air inlet section flow channel 112, the gaseous water is liquefied into liquid water, the liquid water enters the air inlet section flow channel 112 together with the water formed by the reaction of the fuel cell, because the depth of the air inlet section flow channel 112 relative to the reaction section flow channel 111 is deeper, the air inlet section flow channel 112 and the water outlet section flow channel 113 form a water containing space 1122 and a ventilation space 1121 at both sides of the separation plane a, and if the accumulated water in the air inlet section flow channel 112 does not exceed the separation plane a, the reaction gas directly enters the reaction section flow channel 111 from above the water surface, if the accumulated water in the inlet section flow passage 112 exceeds the separation surface a, the reaction gas passes through the upper part of the separation surface a and carries the accumulated water exceeding the separation surface a to enter the reaction section flow passage 111, so that the blockage of the inlet section flow passage 112 to the reaction gas is avoided, and the ventilation of the inlet section flow passage 112 is facilitated.
When the reaction gas enters the reaction section flow channel 111, a small amount of water in the gas inlet section flow channel 112 is carried to enter the reaction section flow channel 111, so as to drain the gas inlet section flow channel 112, because the depth of the reaction section flow channel 111 is shallower relative to the depths of the gas inlet section flow channel 112 and the water drainage section flow channel 113, the bottom wall of the reaction section flow channel 111 is closer to a gas diffusion layer of the fuel cell, most of the reaction gas diffuses towards a catalytic layer of the fuel cell in the reaction section flow channel 111, and further, the temperature of the reaction section flow channel 111 is increased, and part of accumulated water in the reaction section flow channel 111 is vaporized, so that the blockage of the water in the reaction section flow channel 111 is avoided.
The water body which is not vaporized in the reaction section flow passage 111 enters the drainage section flow passage 113 under the carrying of the residual non-diffused reaction gas, and is gathered in the drainage section flow passage 113, if the accumulated water in the drainage section flow passage 113 does not exceed the separation surface a, the reaction gas is directly discharged from the water outlet 13 from the upper part of the water surface, if the accumulated water in the gas inlet section flow passage 112 exceeds the separation surface a, the reaction gas passes through the upper part of the separation surface a, and carries the accumulated water exceeding the separation surface a to be discharged from the water outlet 13, meanwhile, when the water body in the reaction section flow passage 111 enters the drainage section flow passage 113, the potential difference between the reaction section flow passage 111 and the drainage section flow passage 113 can provide a certain driving force for the discharge of the water body, so that the discharge of the water body is convenient, and the circulation of the reaction gas in the serpentine flow passage 11 is finally realized.
In this embodiment, the separation surface a is an imaginary plane flush with the bottom surface of the reaction section flow channel;
in this embodiment, the flow field plate is attached to a surface of a gas diffusion layer of the fuel cell, and the air passage space 1121 is located between the separation surface a and the gas diffusion layer.
Optionally, the reaction section channel 111 includes a plurality of gas diffusion channels 1111 disposed in parallel and connected in sequence, the gas diffusion channels 1111 disposed at two sides of the edge are respectively communicated with the gas inlet section channel 112 and the water outlet section channel 113, a corner channel 1112 is disposed at a connection position of each gas diffusion channel 1111, and a channel width of the corner channel 1112 is smaller than a width of the gas diffusion channel 1111 to enhance water drainage of the corner channel 1112. Specifically, because the runner width of corner runner 1112 is less than the width of gas diffusion runner 1111, can make the sectional area of the runner of corner runner 1112 be less than the sectional area of gas diffusion runner 1111, because the ponding that the fuel cell reaction generated forms the gathering easily in the corner, through the setting of corner runner 1112, can be convenient for the discharge of the ponding of corner in the reaction section runner 111, effectively prevent that ponding from causing the jam to reaction section runner 111.
Alternatively, the cross-sectional area of the intake section flow path 112 and the discharge section flow path 113 is equal to the cross-sectional area of the gas diffusion flow path 1111. Specifically, since the sectional areas of the gas inlet section flow channel 112 and the water discharge section flow channel 113 are equal to the sectional area of the gas diffusion flow channel 1111, the pressure drop of the reaction gas entering the gas diffusion flow channel 1111 from the gas inlet section flow channel 112 and the pressure drop of the reaction gas entering the water discharge reaction section from the gas diffusion flow channel 1111 can be effectively reduced, so that the flow rate of the reaction gas is kept unchanged, and the stability of the dye cell is kept.
Alternatively, the ratio of the widths of the intake section flow passage 112 and the gas diffusion flow passage 1111 is 1:2, and the ratio of the depths of the intake section flow passage 112 and the gas diffusion flow passage 1111 is 2: 1. The ratio of the width of the drain stage flow channel 113 to the gas diffusion flow channel 1111 is 1:2, and the ratio of the depth of the drain stage flow channel 113 to the depth of the gas diffusion flow channel 1111 is 2: 1.
Specifically, by this arrangement, a graph showing the variation of the concentration of the reaction gas in the reaction-stage flow channel 111 with the flow channel length direction in the ionic membrane, the catalytic layer, the gas diffusion layer, and the flow channel as shown in fig. 4, and a graph showing the variation of the concentration of the reaction gas in the ionic membrane, the catalytic layer, the gas diffusion layer, and the flow channel with the flow channel length direction in the intake-stage flow channel 112 and the drain-stage flow channel 113 as shown in fig. 5 can be obtained. As can be seen from a comparison between fig. 4 and fig. 5, the concentrations of the reaction gas in the reaction section flow channel 111 in the gas diffusion layer, the catalyst layer, and the ionic membrane are greater than the concentrations of the reaction gas in the gas diffusion layer, the catalyst layer, and the ionic membrane in the gas inlet section flow channel 112 and the water discharge section flow channel 113, so that it can be seen that the diffusion effect of the reaction gas in the reaction section flow channel 111 is better, and further, good gas transmission of the fuel cell is realized.
Optionally, the ratio of the width of the corner flow channel 1112 to the width of the gas diffusion flow channel 1111 is 1: 2. with this arrangement, drainage of the corner flow channels 1112 can be facilitated, while preventing blockage of the corner flow channels 1112 due to over-narrowing.
Optionally, a buffer inclined plane 114 is disposed at a joint of the air inlet section flow channel 112 and the air diffusion flow channel 1111 and a joint of the water discharge section flow channel 113 and the air diffusion flow channel 1111, and an included angle between the buffer inclined plane 114 and the air inlet section flow channel 112 and the water discharge section flow channel 113 is 120-160 °. Specifically, the buffer slope 114 can provide buffer for the reaction gas and water entering the reaction section flow channel 111 from the gas inlet section flow channel 112 and the reaction gas and water entering the water discharge section flow channel 113 from the reaction section flow channel 111, so as to facilitate the conduction of the reaction gas and the discharge of the water.
Optionally, a separation ridge 115 is disposed at a middle position of the bottom wall of the serpentine flow channel 11, and the separation ridge 115 extends from the air inlet 12 to the water outlet 13 to separate the serpentine flow channel 11 into two separation flow channels 116.
Specifically, under the condition of achieving the same reaction rate of the fuel cell, the energy consumption generated by the introduction of the gas reaction gas can be effectively reduced by the arrangement of the two separation flow channels 116.
Example 2:
embodiment 2 of the present invention provides a flow field plate for a proton exchange membrane fuel cell, and the difference between embodiment 2 and embodiment 1 is that the reaction section flow channel 111 further includes a first transition flow channel 1113 and a second transition flow channel 1114, where the first transition flow channel 1113 is used to communicate the air intake section flow channel 112 and the gas diffusion flow channel 1111, the second transition flow channel 1114 is used to communicate the water exhaust section flow channel 113 and the gas diffusion flow channel 1111, the width of the first transition flow channel 1113 is equal to the width of the air intake section flow channel 112, and the width of the second transition flow channel 1114 is equal to the width of the water exhaust section flow channel 113. Specifically, the arrangement of the first transition flow channel 1113 and the second transition flow channel 1114 can further enhance the drainage efficiency of the flow channel 111 in the reaction section, so that the flow field plate is adapted to the drainage requirement of a fuel cell with higher power.
The above-described embodiments of the present invention should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. Any other corresponding changes and modifications made according to the technical idea of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the claims of the present invention.

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1. A proton exchange membrane fuel cell flow field plate is characterized by comprising a flow field plate body, wherein a snake-shaped flow channel, an air inlet and a water outlet are arranged on the surface of the flow field plate, the snake-shaped flow channel comprises a reaction section flow channel positioned in the middle of the snake-shaped flow channel, and an air inlet section flow channel and a water outlet section flow channel which are communicated with two ends of the reaction section flow channel, the air inlet is communicated with the end part of the air inlet section flow channel, the water outlet is communicated with the end part of the water outlet section flow channel, the depth of the flow channel of the reaction section flow channel is shallower than that of the air inlet section flow channel and the water outlet section flow channel, so that an air ventilation space and a water containing space are respectively formed on the two sides of a separation surface which is as high as the bottom wall of the reaction section flow channel on the air inlet section flow channel and the water outlet section flow channel, and the water containing space is positioned between the separation surface and the bottom walls of the air inlet section flow channel and the water outlet section flow channel, the water containing space is used for containing accumulated water, and the ventilation space is used for draining water and ventilating.
2. The pem fuel cell flow field plate of claim 1 wherein said reaction section channels comprise a plurality of gas diffusion channels arranged in parallel and connected in sequence, said gas diffusion channels on both sides of the edge are respectively connected to said gas inlet section channels and said water discharge section channels, corner channels are provided at the junction of each of said gas diffusion channels, and the channel width of said corner channels is smaller than the width of said gas diffusion channels to enhance the water discharge of said corner channels.
3. A pem fuel cell flow field plate as claimed in claim 2 wherein the cross-sectional area of said inlet leg flow channels and said drain leg flow channels is the same as the cross-sectional area of said gas diffusion flow channels.
4. A pem fuel cell flow field plate as claimed in claim 3 wherein the ratio of the widths of said inlet leg channels to said gas diffusion channels is 1:2 and the ratio of the depths of said inlet leg channels to said gas diffusion channels is 2: 1.
5. A pem fuel cell flow field plate as claimed in claim 3 wherein the ratio of the widths of said drainage segment flow channels to said gas diffusion flow channels is 1:2 and the ratio of the depths of said drainage segment flow channels to said gas diffusion flow channels is 2: 1.
6. A pem fuel cell flow field plate as claimed in claim 2 wherein the ratio of the width of said corner channels to the width of said gas diffusion channels is 1: 2.
7. the pem fuel cell flow field plate of claim 2 wherein said reactant zone flow channels further comprise a first transition flow channel and a second transition flow channel, said first transition flow channel being adapted to communicate with said gas inlet zone flow channel and said gas diffusion flow channel, said second transition flow channel being adapted to communicate with said water outlet zone flow channel and said gas diffusion flow channel, said first transition flow channel having a width equal to the width of said gas inlet zone flow channel, said second transition flow channel having a width equal to the width of said water outlet zone flow channel.
8. The PEM fuel cell flow field plate according to any one of claims 1-7, wherein the junction of the gas inlet segment flow channel and the gas diffusion flow channel and the junction of the water outlet segment flow channel and the gas diffusion flow channel are provided with buffer slopes.
9. The pem fuel cell flow field plate of claim 8 wherein the angle between said buffer ramps and said inlet leg flow channels and said outlet leg flow channels is between 120 ° and 160 °.
10. The PEM fuel cell flow field plate according to any one of claims 1-7, wherein a separation ridge is disposed at a middle position of the bottom wall of the serpentine flow channel, and extends from the air inlet to the water outlet to separate the serpentine flow channel into two separation flow channels.
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