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타이틀	Demonstration of Passive Fuel Cell Thermal Management Technology
저자	Burke, Kenneth A.;; Jakupca, Ian;; Colozza, Anthony;; Wynne, Robert;; Miller, Michael;; Meyer, Al;; Smith, William
Keyword	AEROSPACE SYSTEMS;; CONDUCTIVE HEAT TRANSFER;; CONTROL VALVES;; COOLING SYSTEMS;; FUEL CELLS;; HEAT EXCHANGERS;; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;; RELIABILITY;; TEMPERATURE CONTROL
URL	http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20120009189
보고서번호	NASA/TM-2012-217421
발행년도	2012
출처	NTRS (NASA Technical Report Server)
ABSTRACT	The NASA Glenn Research Center is developing advanced passive thermal management technology to reduce the mass and improve the reliability of space fuel cell systems for the NASA Exploration program. The passive thermal management system relies on heat conduction within highly thermally conductive cooling plates to move the heat from the central portion of the cell stack out to the edges of the fuel cell stack. Using the passive approach eliminates the need for a coolant pump and other cooling loop components within the fuel cell system which reduces mass and improves overall system reliability. Previous development demonstrated the performance of suitable highly thermally conductive cooling plates and integrated heat exchanger technology to collect the heat from the cooling plates (Ref. 1). The next step in the development of this passive thermal approach was the demonstration of the control of the heat removal process and the demonstration of the passive thermal control technology in actual fuel cell stacks. Tests were run with a simulated fuel cell stack passive thermal management system outfitted with passive cooling plates, an integrated heat exchanger and two types of cooling flow control valves. The tests were run to demonstrate the controllability of the passive thermal control approach. Finally, successful demonstrations of passive thermal control technology were conducted with fuel cell stacks from two fuel cell stack vendors.