Electro-chemo-mechanical induced fracture modeling in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis for sustainable hydrogen production

verfasst von: Fadi Aldakheel, Chaitanya Kandekar, Boris Bensmann, Hüsnü Dal, Richard Hanke-Rauschenbach
Abstract: This work provides a framework for predicting fracture of catalyst coated membrane (CCM) due to coupled electro-chemo-mechanical degradation processes in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis (PEMWE) cells. Electrolysis in the catalyst layer (CL) bulk, diffusion of Hydrogen proton through the membrane (MEM), and mechanical compression at the interface with the porous transport layer (PTL) generate micro-cracks that influence the catalyst degradation. Based on our experimental observations, we propose a new theoretical formulations along with the constitutive framework to help understanding and providing a reliable description of the stated multi-physics problem. The computational modeling of crack formation in the CL bulk is achieved in a convenient way by continuum phase-field formulations to fracture, which are based on the regularization of sharp crack discontinuities. The model performance is demonstrated through two representative boundary value problems, representing the cell setup and working of the PEMWE cell.
Organisationseinheit(en): Institut für Kontinuumsmechanik
Institut für Elektrische Energiesysteme
Fachgebiet Elektrische Energiespeichersysteme
Externe Organisation(en): Helmut-Schmidt-Universität/Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg
Orta Dogu Technical University
Typ: Artikel
Journal: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
Band: 400
ISSN: 0045-7825
Publikationsdatum: 01.10.2022
Publikationsstatus: Veröffentlicht
Peer-reviewed: Ja
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete: Numerische Mechanik, Werkstoffmechanik, Maschinenbau, Allgemeine Physik und Astronomie, Angewandte Informatik
Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung: SDG 7 – Erschwingliche und saubere Energie
Elektronische Version(en): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2022.115580 (Zugang: Geschlossen)
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BibTeX

@article{08ff7a671639441f98367d739dc773e1,
title = "Electro-chemo-mechanical induced fracture modeling in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis for sustainable hydrogen production",
abstract = "This work provides a framework for predicting fracture of catalyst coated membrane (CCM) due to coupled electro-chemo-mechanical degradation processes in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis (PEMWE) cells. Electrolysis in the catalyst layer (CL) bulk, diffusion of Hydrogen proton through the membrane (MEM), and mechanical compression at the interface with the porous transport layer (PTL) generate micro-cracks that influence the catalyst degradation. Based on our experimental observations, we propose a new theoretical formulations along with the constitutive framework to help understanding and providing a reliable description of the stated multi-physics problem. The computational modeling of crack formation in the CL bulk is achieved in a convenient way by continuum phase-field formulations to fracture, which are based on the regularization of sharp crack discontinuities. The model performance is demonstrated through two representative boundary value problems, representing the cell setup and working of the PEMWE cell.",
keywords = "Catalyst coated membrane (CCM), Experimental observations, Multi-physics problem, Porous transport layer (PTL), Proton exchange membrane water electrolysis (PEMWE), Sustainable hydrogen production",
author = "Fadi Aldakheel and Chaitanya Kandekar and Boris Bensmann and H{\"u}sn{\"u} Dal and Richard Hanke-Rauschenbach",
note = "Funding Information: The corresponding author Fadi Aldakheel (FA) appreciates the scientific support of the sub-project C4 within the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Germany ( DFG , German Research Foundation) in the Collaborative Research Center CRC 1153 (Project ID ). FA would like to thank Prof. Peter Wriggers (LUH Hannover) and Dr. Michel Suermann (LUH Hannover, meanwhile with Siemens Energy) for the fruitful discussions and comments. RHR and BB gratefully acknowledge the financial support by the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action of Germany in the framework of HoKaWe (Project ID 03EI3029B).",
year = "2022",
month = oct,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.cma.2022.115580",
language = "English",
volume = "400",
journal = "Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering",
issn = "0045-7825",
publisher = "Elsevier",
}