On the application of the PFEM to droplet dynamics modeling in fuel cells
The Particle Finite Element Method (PFEM) is used to develop a model to study two-phase flow in fuel cell gas channels. First, the PFEM is used to develop the model of free and sessile droplets. The droplet model is then coupled to an Eulerian, fixed-grid, model for the airflow. The resulting couple...
| Autores: | , , , |
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Data de publicação: | 2016 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repositório: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/132649 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://hdl.handle.net/2117/132649 https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40571-016-0112-9 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Fuel cells Drops Fluid mechanics PFEM Embedded model Droplet dynamics Sessile droplet Dinàmica de fluids Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física |
| Resumo: | The Particle Finite Element Method (PFEM) is used to develop a model to study two-phase flow in fuel cell gas channels. First, the PFEM is used to develop the model of free and sessile droplets. The droplet model is then coupled to an Eulerian, fixed-grid, model for the airflow. The resulting coupled PFEM-Eulerian algorithm is used to study droplet oscillations in an air flowand droplet growth in a lowtemperature fuel cell gas channel. Numerical results show good agreement with predicted frequencies of oscillation, contact angle, and deformation of injected droplets in gas channels. The PFEM-based approach provides a novel strategy to study droplet dynamics in fuel cells. |
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