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Patient specific simulation of brain stimulation using the unfitted discontinuous galerkin method
(2015)
Due to high power density and superior efficiency, polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) are believed to play a significant role for carbon dioxide emissions free electrical energy systems in the future. Unlike in Carnot processes, chemical energy in the form of hydrogen and oxygen is converted directly into electrical energy without a further process step. One issue in the development of PEMFCs for mobile or stationary applications is the utilization of rare and expensive catalyst material like platinum within the membrane electrode assembly (MEA) see figure 1. In addition, the objective is to reduce production costs and to increase the lifetime of PEMFC. One approach to improve PEMFCs is the development of intelligent electrode architectures. However, cost effective high performance materials are necessary to reach the development targets.
An energy economy with high share of renewable but volatile energy sources is dependent on storage strategies in order to ensure sufficient energy delivery in periods of e.g. low wind and/or low solar radiation. Hydrogen as environmental friendly energy carrier is thought to be an appropriate solution for large scale energy storage. In 2011 the NOW (national organisation for hydrogen in Germany) calculated the demand for hydrogen energy systems as positive (0.8 GW to 5.25 GW) and negative supply for varying power demand (0.68 to 4.3 GW) for the German energy economy in 2025. Due to its dynamic behaviour on load changes polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) as well as water electrolyser systems (PEMEL) can play a significant role for large scale hydrogen based storage systems. In this work a novel design concept for modular fuel cell and electrolyser stacks is presented with single cells in pockets surrounded by a hydraulic medium. This hydraulic medium introduces necessary compression forces on the membrane electrode assembly (MEA) of each cell within a stack. Furthermore, ideal stack cooling is achieved by this medium. Due to its modularity and scalability the modular stack design with hydraulic compression meets the requirements for large PEMFC as well as PEMEL units. Small scale prototypes presented in this work illustrate the potential of this design concept.