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arXiv 2201.13131physics.flu-dyn
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疏水多孔介质中与亲水结构相互作用的两相流模型

Modeling of two phase flow in a hydrophobic porous medium interacting with a hydrophilic structure

Cynthia Michalkowski, Kilian Weishaupt, Veronika Schleper, Rainer Helmig

摘要:

在生物、环境和技术系统的广泛应用中,观察到流体流过具有不同润湿行为的层状材料。因此,有必要了解流体在层状组分界面处的输运机制。特别感兴趣的是聚合物电解质膜燃料电池(PEM FC)中的水传输。在这里,有必要了解水在整个电池组件中的传输机制,特别是在阴极侧,其中过量的水必须被去除。这对于选择最佳操作条件和提高电池的整体性能至关重要。气体扩散层(GDLs)和气体分布器的孔隙尺度模拟已被建立为一个有利的技术来研究正在进行的过程。研究疏水性多孔GDL和亲水性气体分布器之间的界面,一个特别的挑战是界面处不同材料结构和润湿特性的组合和相互作用及其对流动的影响。在本文中,提出了一种建模方法,它捕获的影响,在一个疏水性的多孔域在两个域之间的界面上的流动的亲水域。一个孔隙网络模型被用来作为开发的概念,扩展到允许在界面处的混合湿相互作用的建模的基础。使用一个和几个接口孔的基本示例配置,它被应用到一个现实的GDL表示与通道土地结构的气体分布器接触的功能,该模型被证明。

英文摘要:

Fluid flow through layered materials with different wetting behavior is observed in a wide range of applications in biological, environmental and technical systems. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the occuring transport mechanisms of the fluids at the interface between the layered constituents. Of special interest is the water transport in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEM FC). Here, it is necessary to understand the transport mechanisms of water throughout the cell constituents especially on the cathode side, where the excess water has to be removed. This is crucial to choose optimal operating conditions and improve the overall cell performance. Pore-scale modeling of gas diffusion layers (GDLs) and gas distributor has been established as a favorable technique to investigate the ongoing processes. Investigating the interface between the hydrophobic porous GDL and the hydrophilic gas distributor, a particular challenge is the combination and interaction of the different material structures and wetting properties at the interface and its influence on the flow. In this paper, a modeling approach is presented which captures the influence of a hydrophilic domain on the flow in a hydrophobic porous domain at the interface between the two domains. A pore-network model is used as the basis of the developed concept which is extended to allow the modeling of mixed-wet interactions at the interface. The functionality of the model is demonstrated using basic example configurations with one and several interface pores and it is applied to a realistic GDL representation in contact with a channel-land structured gas distributor.

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