Articulo
Description of gasket failure in a 7 cell PEMFC stack
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issn:0378-7753
Autor
Husar, Attila
Serra, Maria Pina
Kunusch, Cristian
Institución
Resumen
This article presents the data and the description of a fuel cell stack that failed due to gasket degradation. The fuel cell under study is a 7 cell stack. The unexpected change in several variables such as temperature, pressure and voltage indicated the possible failure of the stack. The stack was monitored over a 6 h period in which data was collected and consequently analyzed to conclude that the fuel cell stack failed due to a crossover leak on the anode inlet port located on the cathode side gasket of cell #2. This stack failure analysis revealed a series of indicators that could be used by a super visional controller in order to initiate a shutdown procedure. Instituto de Investigaciones en Electrónica, Control y Procesamiento de Señales