High-low alternating
temperature condition is an important factor affecting the long-term sealing
reliability of hydrogen fuel cells. The sealing performance of rubber gaskets under
temperature loads is not only related to the macroscopic characteristics of the
material, but also directly affected by the contact state of rough sealing
interface which contains microscopic protrusions. The multi-scale contact model, which contains the morphology feature under micro-scale
and the material properties under the macro-scale, for the rough sealing
interface between the rubber gasket and the metal plate in hydrogen fuel cells
has been established in this paper. By studying the contact state of the
multi-scale model under alternating temperature loads, the interfacial leaking of
fuel cells under complex temperature loads has also been modeled. The long-term
sealing reliability of the multi-scale model has been verified by measuring the
interfacial leakage rates of an interfacial sealing device that has withstood
the high-low alternating temperature load for 21 days. It can be found through
researching the contact state of sealing interface based on multi-scale method
that the maximum contact stress of the rough fuel cell sealing interface
increases continuously with the increase of alternating temperature cycling
times, meaning in a decrease in the actual contact area and an increase in
leaking channels. The sealing performance of hydrogen fuel cells decreases by
37.08% within 21 days, with a decrease of 9.62% from the 7th to the 21st day,
which is closer to the measured values.
YANG Zhen1, ZHU wenfeng1, CHENG zhiguo2, WANG shunchao1, CAO zhicheng1
. Sealing
Performance of Fuel Cell under Alternating Temperature with Multi-scale Method[J]. Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University, 0
: 1
.
DOI: 10.16183/j.cnki.jsjtu.2025.025