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Guo Hang (Guo Hang.) (Scholars:郭航) | Wu Feng (Wu Feng.) | Ye Fang (Ye Fang.) | Zhao JianFu (Zhao JianFu.) | Wan ShiXin (Wan ShiXin.) | Lue CuiPing (Lue CuiPing.) | Ma ChongFang (Ma ChongFang.)

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An in-situ visualization of two-phase flow inside anode flow bed of a small liquid fed direct methanol fuel cells in normal and reduced gravity has been conducted in a drop tower. The anode flow bed consists of 11 parallel straight channels. The length, width and depth of single channel, which had rectangular cross section, are 48.0, 2.5 and 2.0 mm, respectively. The rib width was 2.0 mm. The experimental results indicated that when the fuel cell orientation is vertical, two-phase flow pattern in anode channels can evolve from bubbly flow in normal gravity into slug flow in microgravity. The size of bubbles in the reduced gravity is also bigger. In microgravity, the bubbles rising speed in vertical channels is obviously slower than that in normal gravity. When the fuel cell orientation is horizontal, the slug flow in the reduced gravity has almost the same characteristic with that in normal gravity. It implies that the effect of gravity on two-phase flow is small and the bubbles removal is governed by viscous drag. When the gas slugs or gas columns occupy channels, the performance of liquid fed direct methanol fuel cells is failing rapidly. It infers that in long-term microgravity, flow bed and operating condition should be optimized to avoid concentration polarization of fuel cells.

Keyword:

visualization microgravity bubble behavior direct methanol fuel cells two-phase flow

Author Community:

  • [ 1 ] [Guo Hang]Beijing Univ Technol, Key Lab Enhanced Heat Transfer & Energy Conservat, Minist Educ China, Coll Environm & Energy Engn, Beijing 100124, Peoples R China
  • [ 2 ] [Wu Feng]Beijing Univ Technol, Key Lab Enhanced Heat Transfer & Energy Conservat, Minist Educ China, Coll Environm & Energy Engn, Beijing 100124, Peoples R China
  • [ 3 ] [Ye Fang]Beijing Univ Technol, Key Lab Enhanced Heat Transfer & Energy Conservat, Minist Educ China, Coll Environm & Energy Engn, Beijing 100124, Peoples R China
  • [ 4 ] [Lue CuiPing]Beijing Univ Technol, Key Lab Enhanced Heat Transfer & Energy Conservat, Minist Educ China, Coll Environm & Energy Engn, Beijing 100124, Peoples R China
  • [ 5 ] [Ma ChongFang]Beijing Univ Technol, Key Lab Enhanced Heat Transfer & Energy Conservat, Minist Educ China, Coll Environm & Energy Engn, Beijing 100124, Peoples R China
  • [ 6 ] [Guo Hang]Beijing Univ Technol, Key Lab Heat Transfer & Energy Convers, Beijing 100124, Peoples R China
  • [ 7 ] [Wu Feng]Beijing Univ Technol, Key Lab Heat Transfer & Energy Convers, Beijing 100124, Peoples R China
  • [ 8 ] [Ye Fang]Beijing Univ Technol, Key Lab Heat Transfer & Energy Convers, Beijing 100124, Peoples R China
  • [ 9 ] [Lue CuiPing]Beijing Univ Technol, Key Lab Heat Transfer & Energy Convers, Beijing 100124, Peoples R China
  • [ 10 ] [Ma ChongFang]Beijing Univ Technol, Key Lab Heat Transfer & Energy Convers, Beijing 100124, Peoples R China
  • [ 11 ] [Zhao JianFu]Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Mech, Beijing 100080, Peoples R China
  • [ 12 ] [Wan ShiXin]Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Mech, Beijing 100080, Peoples R China

Reprint Author's Address:

  • 郭航

    [Guo Hang]Beijing Univ Technol, Key Lab Enhanced Heat Transfer & Energy Conservat, Minist Educ China, Coll Environm & Energy Engn, Beijing 100124, Peoples R China

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SCIENCE IN CHINA SERIES E-TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES

ISSN: 1006-9321

Year: 2009

Issue: 6

Volume: 52

Page: 1576-1582

JCR Journal Grade:3

CAS Journal Grade:1

Cited Count:

WoS CC Cited Count: 10

SCOPUS Cited Count: 9

ESI Highly Cited Papers on the List: 0 Unfold All

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Chinese Cited Count:

30 Days PV: 8

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