Real-Time Remote Monitoring of Temperature and Humidity Within a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Using Flexible Sensors 英文参考文献.docVIP

Sensors 2011, 11, 8674-8684; doi:10.3390/s110908674 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article Real-Time Remote Monitoring of Temperature and Humidity Within a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Using Flexible Sensors Long-Sheng Kuo, Hao-Hsiu Huang, Cheng-Hao Yang and Ping-Hei Chen * Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; E-Mails: .tw (L.-S.K.); .tw (H.-H.H.); .tw (C.-H.Y.) * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: phchen@.tw; Tel.: +886-2-2367-0781; Fax: +886-2-2363-1755. Received: 15 July 2011; in revised form: 19 August 2011 / Accepted: 5 September 2011 / Published: 8 September 2011 Abstract: This study developed portable, non-invasive flexible humidity and temperature microsensors and an in situ wireless sensing system for a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). The system integrated three parts: a flexible capacitive humidity microsensor, a flexible resistive temperature microsensor, and a radio frequency (RF) module for signal transmission. The results show that the capacitive humidity microsensor has a high sensitivity of 0.83 pF%RH?1 and the resistive temperature microsensor also exhibits a high sensitivity of 2.94 × 10?3 °C?1. The established RF module transmits the signals from the two microsensors. The transmission distance can reach 4 m and the response time is less than 0.25 s. The performance measurements demonstrate that the maximum power density of the fuel cell with and without these microsensors are 14.76 mW·cm?2 and 15.90 mW·cm?2, with only 7.17% power loss. Keywords: flexible humidity microsensor; flexible temperature microsensor; radio frequency module; power density  Sensors 2011, 11 8675 1. Introduction The development of green energy has been continually emphasized recently due to increasing environmental protection consciousness. The fuel cell is one poss