A numerical study on microfluidic fuel cell: Improving fuel utilization and fuel operation concentration

Hao Zhang; Jin Xuan; Hong Xu; Michael K H Leung; Huizhi Wang; Dennis Y C Leung; Li Zhang; Xu Lu

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2014.11.1100

A numerical study on microfluidic fuel cell: Improving fuel utilization and fuel operation concentration

Hao Zhang, Jin Xuan^*, Hong Xu, Michael K H Leung, Huizhi Wang, Dennis Y C Leung, Li Zhang, Xu Lu

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Abstract

In this work, a simulation study of MFC based on counter-flow structure was implemented. The results indicate that the counter-flow channel enables effective suppression on fuel diffusion mixing thus intensifies fuel utilization. However, the potential loss caused by resistance of electrolyte hinder the performance significantly. Decrease in flow rate leads to enhancement on fuel utilization in spite of improving diffusion loss at the same time.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	250-253
Number of pages	4
Journal	Energy Procedia
Volume	61
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.11.1100
Publication status	Published - 2014

Keywords

Concentrated fuel
Fuel utilization
Microfluidic fuel cell

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