Study of the gas flow distribution and heat transfer for externally manifolded fuel sell stack module using computational fluid dynamics method

Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-55

  Ma, Zhiwen ^a   Venkataraman, Ramki ^a   Farooque, Mohammad ^a  

^a Fuel Cell Energy Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CURRENT DENSITY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VISCOSITY;

EXTERNAL MANIFOLD SYSTEM; FUEL CELL MODULE; GAS FLOW DISTRIBUTION; INTERNAL MANIFOLD SYSTEM;

FUEL CELLS;

EID: 13444306504     PISSN: 1550624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1794155     Document Type: Article

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