Long-term dynamic durability test datasets for single proton exchange membrane fuel cell

Data Brief. 2021 Jan 18:35:106775. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.106775. eCollection 2021 Apr.

Abstract

This dataset collects the long-term dynamic durability test data and the polarization characterization test data used in our research article [1]. The dynamic durability test and the polarization characterization test of a single proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) are all performed on the Greenlight 20 test station. The European harmonized test protocol is adapted to construct the fuel cell dynamic load test cycle (FC-DLC) used in this work. The overall durability test is composed of 3076 FC-DLC cycles, around 1008 h. To access the degradation information of the test fuel cell, the polarization characterization tests are performed periodically during the durability test. In this work, the characterizations were performed at time: 0, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, and 1000 h. During the test period, G20 test station records all measured data, includes the dynamic load durability test dataset and the polarization test dataset. The output voltage degradation trend as well as the polarization curves are plotted and described in this work. This dataset provides the possibilities to study the degradation phenomenon of fuel cell operating by dynamic load cycles, moreover, this dataset can be directly used to various prediction models build for fuel cells.

Keywords: Degradation; Dynamic durability test; Polarization test; Prediction models; Proton exchange membrane fuel cell.