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Online Published: 30 Jun 2018
 


Thermodynamic Study of Operation Properties Effect on Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEM)

Ibrahim H. Tawil, Farag M. Bsebsu, Hassan Abdulkader.


Abstract
The thermodynamic analysis of PEM fuel cell energy production depends on the entropy and enthalpy of reaction with the changing of the operating temperatures that ranges between 50 and 100ºC, the electrical work done will be equal to the Gibbs free energy released. Ths paper presents a mathematical model of PEM fuel cells, based on physical-chemical procedures of the phenomena occurring inside the fuel cell, and it was theoretically studied the performance at diffrent operation variables and conditions. The C++ program is designed to calculate all thermo-chemical parameters, i.e. enthalpy of formation, Gibbs free energy, work and effiency for any type of fuel cells. The results are plotted as a function of fuel cell operating temperature.The results shows that the highest value of Gibbs energy is at the lowest operating temperature, and decreasesgradually with increasing the temperature, the output voltage is determined by cell’s reversible voltage thatarises from potential diffrence produced by chemical reaction and several voltage losses that occur inside a cell. In addition the results showed that the effiency of this type of the fuel cells is much higher than the ideal Carnot’s effiency, it changes between 82% to 85% depends on temperature operation. The heat output (required heat) from the fuel cell increases with increasing the operating temperature, this heat is used for many thermal applications such as buildings space heating.

Key words: Operating temperature, Enthalpy of reaction, Gibbs free energy


 
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Tawil IH, Bsebsu FM, Abdulkader H. Thermodynamic Study of Operation Properties Effect on Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEM). Sol. Energy Sustain. Dev.. 2018; 7(1): 1-11.

doi:10.51646/jsesd.v7i1.30

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Tawil IH, Bsebsu FM, Abdulkader H. Thermodynamic Study of Operation Properties Effect on Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEM). https://www.jsesd.org/?mno=302658232 [Access: November 12, 2026].

doi:10.51646/jsesd.v7i1.30

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Tawil IH, Bsebsu FM, Abdulkader H. Thermodynamic Study of Operation Properties Effect on Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEM). Sol. Energy Sustain. Dev.. 2018; 7(1): 1-11.


doi:10.51646/jsesd.v7i1.30

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Tawil IH, Bsebsu FM, Abdulkader H. Thermodynamic Study of Operation Properties Effect on Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEM). Sol. Energy Sustain. Dev.. (2018), [cited November 12, 2026]; 7(1): 1-11.


doi:10.51646/jsesd.v7i1.30

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Tawil, I. H., Bsebsu, . F. M. & Abdulkader, . H. (2018) Thermodynamic Study of Operation Properties Effect on Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEM). Sol. Energy Sustain. Dev., 7 (1), 1-11.


doi:10.51646/jsesd.v7i1.30

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Tawil, Ibrahim H., Farag M. Bsebsu, and Hassan Abdulkader. 2018. Thermodynamic Study of Operation Properties Effect on Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEM). Solar Energy and Sustainable Development, 7 (1), 1-11.


doi:10.51646/jsesd.v7i1.30

Chicago Style

Tawil, Ibrahim H., Farag M. Bsebsu, and Hassan Abdulkader. "Thermodynamic Study of Operation Properties Effect on Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEM)." Solar Energy and Sustainable Development 7 (2018), 1-11.


doi:10.51646/jsesd.v7i1.30

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Tawil, Ibrahim H., Farag M. Bsebsu, and Hassan Abdulkader. "Thermodynamic Study of Operation Properties Effect on Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEM)." Solar Energy and Sustainable Development 7.1 (2018), 1-11. Print.


doi:10.51646/jsesd.v7i1.30

APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Tawil, I. H., Bsebsu, . F. M. & Abdulkader, . H. (2018) Thermodynamic Study of Operation Properties Effect on Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEM). Solar Energy and Sustainable Development, 7 (1), 1-11.


doi:10.51646/jsesd.v7i1.30

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