Experimental Study to Analyze the Effect of Fan Speed on Energy Efficiency in Open Cathode Pem Fuel Cells

Akhmad Fahruzi, Katherin Indriawati, Mat Syai’in

2023

Abstract

Open Cathode PEM Fuel Cells (OCPEMFCs) are widely used, performance OCPEMFCs is affected by operating conditions such as temperature, humidity, air flow rate. In this paper, an experimental investigation has been carried out on the effect of fan speed on stack performance and efficiency of energy that using commercially from OCPEMFCs system 1kW. During the experiment, temperature, voltage and current of stack will be monitored and recorded under various load level. It is referred that the optimal fan speed through the duty cycle setting can reduce auxiliary power consumption. The results are compared with the commercial system. The experimental results show that by loading a fuel cell gradually from 100 - 500W will produce the optimum duty cycle values of the fans were obtained, namely 20, 30, and 40% respectively. From the duty cycle value, the stack performance is still in a stable condition, it can be seen from the range of stack voltage during the experiment that still allowed with nominal voltage range. Meanwhile, a comparison of the stack power output between the fuel cell and the Company’s and the Lab’s system shows that the fuel cell and the Lab’s system have a smaller difference of about 8 W.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Fahruzi A., Indriawati K. and Syai’in M. (2023). Experimental Study to Analyze the Effect of Fan Speed on Energy Efficiency in Open Cathode Pem Fuel Cells. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Advanced Engineering and Technology - Volume 1: ICATECH; ISBN 978-989-758-663-7, SciTePress, pages 336-341. DOI: 10.5220/0012109000003680

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icatech23,
author={Akhmad Fahruzi and Katherin Indriawati and Mat Syai’in},
title={Experimental Study to Analyze the Effect of Fan Speed on Energy Efficiency in Open Cathode Pem Fuel Cells},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Advanced Engineering and Technology - Volume 1: ICATECH},
year={2023},
pages={336-341},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012109000003680},
isbn={978-989-758-663-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Advanced Engineering and Technology - Volume 1: ICATECH
TI - Experimental Study to Analyze the Effect of Fan Speed on Energy Efficiency in Open Cathode Pem Fuel Cells
SN - 978-989-758-663-7
AU - Fahruzi A.
AU - Indriawati K.
AU - Syai’in M.
PY - 2023
SP - 336
EP - 341
DO - 10.5220/0012109000003680
PB - SciTePress