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Experimental Investigation of Al2O3 - Water Ethylene Glycol Mixture Nanofluid Thermal Behaviour in a Single Cooling Plate for PEM Fuel Cell Application

Thermal enhancement through application of nanofluid coolant in a single cooling plate of Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell was experimentally investigated in this paper. The study focuses on low concentration of Al2O3 dispersed in Water - Ethylene Glycol mixtures as coolant in a carbon graph...

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Main Authors: Irnie, Zakaria, W. A. N., W. Mohamed, A. M. I., Mamat, R., Saidur, Azmi, W. H., R., Mamat, S. F. A., Talib
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Published: Elsevier Ltd 2015
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TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/11691/1/Experimental%20Investigation%20of%20Al2O3%20-%20Water%20Ethylene%20Glycol%20Mixture%20Nanofluid%20Thermal%20Behaviour%20in%20a%20Single%20Cooling%20Plate%20for%20PEM%20Fuel%20Cell%20Application.pdf
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/11691/
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spelling my.ump.umpir.116912018-01-23T07:41:52Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/11691/ Experimental Investigation of Al2O3 - Water Ethylene Glycol Mixture Nanofluid Thermal Behaviour in a Single Cooling Plate for PEM Fuel Cell Application Irnie, Zakaria W. A. N., W. Mohamed A. M. I., Mamat R., Saidur Azmi, W. H. R., Mamat S. F. A., Talib TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Thermal enhancement through application of nanofluid coolant in a single cooling plate of Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell was experimentally investigated in this paper. The study focuses on low concentration of Al2O3 dispersed in Water - Ethylene Glycol mixtures as coolant in a carbon graphite PEM fuel cell cooling plate. The study was conducted in a cooling plate size of 220 mm x 300 mm with 22 parallel mini channels and large fluid distributors. The mini channel dimensions are 100 mm x 1 mm x 5 mm. A constant heat load of 100W was applied by a heater pad that represents the artificial heat load of a single cell. Al2O3 nanoparticle used was 0.1 and 0.5 vol % concentration which was then dispersed in 50:50 (water: Ethylene Glycol) mixture. The effect of different flow rates to heat transfer enhancement and fluid flow represented in Re number range of 20 to 120 was observed. Heat transfer was improved up to 13.87% for 0.5 vol % Al2O3 as compared to the base fluid. However the pressure drop also increase which result in pumping power increment up to 0.02W. The positive thermal results implied that Al2O3 nanofluid is a potential candidate for future applications in PEM fuel cell thermal management. Elsevier Ltd 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by_nc_nd http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/11691/1/Experimental%20Investigation%20of%20Al2O3%20-%20Water%20Ethylene%20Glycol%20Mixture%20Nanofluid%20Thermal%20Behaviour%20in%20a%20Single%20Cooling%20Plate%20for%20PEM%20Fuel%20Cell%20Application.pdf Irnie, Zakaria and W. A. N., W. Mohamed and A. M. I., Mamat and R., Saidur and Azmi, W. H. and R., Mamat and S. F. A., Talib (2015) Experimental Investigation of Al2O3 - Water Ethylene Glycol Mixture Nanofluid Thermal Behaviour in a Single Cooling Plate for PEM Fuel Cell Application. Energy Procedia, 79. pp. 252-258. ISSN 1876-6102 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2015.11.474 DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2015.11.474
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topic TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
spellingShingle TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Irnie, Zakaria
W. A. N., W. Mohamed
A. M. I., Mamat
R., Saidur
Azmi, W. H.
R., Mamat
S. F. A., Talib
Experimental Investigation of Al2O3 - Water Ethylene Glycol Mixture Nanofluid Thermal Behaviour in a Single Cooling Plate for PEM Fuel Cell Application
description Thermal enhancement through application of nanofluid coolant in a single cooling plate of Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell was experimentally investigated in this paper. The study focuses on low concentration of Al2O3 dispersed in Water - Ethylene Glycol mixtures as coolant in a carbon graphite PEM fuel cell cooling plate. The study was conducted in a cooling plate size of 220 mm x 300 mm with 22 parallel mini channels and large fluid distributors. The mini channel dimensions are 100 mm x 1 mm x 5 mm. A constant heat load of 100W was applied by a heater pad that represents the artificial heat load of a single cell. Al2O3 nanoparticle used was 0.1 and 0.5 vol % concentration which was then dispersed in 50:50 (water: Ethylene Glycol) mixture. The effect of different flow rates to heat transfer enhancement and fluid flow represented in Re number range of 20 to 120 was observed. Heat transfer was improved up to 13.87% for 0.5 vol % Al2O3 as compared to the base fluid. However the pressure drop also increase which result in pumping power increment up to 0.02W. The positive thermal results implied that Al2O3 nanofluid is a potential candidate for future applications in PEM fuel cell thermal management.
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author Irnie, Zakaria
W. A. N., W. Mohamed
A. M. I., Mamat
R., Saidur
Azmi, W. H.
R., Mamat
S. F. A., Talib
author_facet Irnie, Zakaria
W. A. N., W. Mohamed
A. M. I., Mamat
R., Saidur
Azmi, W. H.
R., Mamat
S. F. A., Talib
author_sort Irnie, Zakaria
title Experimental Investigation of Al2O3 - Water Ethylene Glycol Mixture Nanofluid Thermal Behaviour in a Single Cooling Plate for PEM Fuel Cell Application
title_short Experimental Investigation of Al2O3 - Water Ethylene Glycol Mixture Nanofluid Thermal Behaviour in a Single Cooling Plate for PEM Fuel Cell Application
title_full Experimental Investigation of Al2O3 - Water Ethylene Glycol Mixture Nanofluid Thermal Behaviour in a Single Cooling Plate for PEM Fuel Cell Application
title_fullStr Experimental Investigation of Al2O3 - Water Ethylene Glycol Mixture Nanofluid Thermal Behaviour in a Single Cooling Plate for PEM Fuel Cell Application
title_full_unstemmed Experimental Investigation of Al2O3 - Water Ethylene Glycol Mixture Nanofluid Thermal Behaviour in a Single Cooling Plate for PEM Fuel Cell Application
title_sort experimental investigation of al2o3 - water ethylene glycol mixture nanofluid thermal behaviour in a single cooling plate for pem fuel cell application
publisher Elsevier Ltd
publishDate 2015
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/11691/1/Experimental%20Investigation%20of%20Al2O3%20-%20Water%20Ethylene%20Glycol%20Mixture%20Nanofluid%20Thermal%20Behaviour%20in%20a%20Single%20Cooling%20Plate%20for%20PEM%20Fuel%20Cell%20Application.pdf
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/11691/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2015.11.474
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