Majasan, JO;
Cho, JIS;
Maier, M;
Shearing, PR;
Brett, DJL;
(2021)
Optimisation of Mass Transport Parameters in a Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Electrolyser Using Factorial Design-of-Experiment.
Frontiers in Energy Research
, 9
, Article 643587. 10.3389/fenrg.2021.643587.
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Abstract
Optimised mass transport is crucial for high current density operations in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Water Electrolysers (PEMWEs). This study investigates the effect and interactions of mass transport parameters on the performance of a PEMWE using a 2 full-factorial Design-of-Experiments (DoE) approach with replication. The effects of anode flow-field design, anode porous transport layer (PTL) and water flow rate on the cell performance were studied. At 95% confidence level, the result shows that all three factors and their two-way interactions significantly affect the cell performance. Among them, the water flow rate showed the most significant contribution, followed by the interaction between the flow-field and the PTL. A regression model was developed to relate the cell performance and the mass transfer parameters. Results of analysis of variance (ANOVA), regression analysis and R test indicated good accuracy of the model. The best PEMWE cell performance was obtained with a parallel flow-field configuration, a small average pore diameter of PTL and high anode water flow rate. The DoE is shown to be a suitable method for investigating interactions and optimising the operating conditions to maximise PEMWE performance.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Optimisation of Mass Transport Parameters in a Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Electrolyser Using Factorial Design-of-Experiment |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fenrg.2021.643587 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2021.643587 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolyser, two-phase flow, porous transport layer, pore-size, flow-field |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Chemical Engineering |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10128356 |
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