Analysis of Optimal Heat Transfer in a PEM Fuel Cell Cooling Plate

Fuel Cells

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 181-188

  Chen, F C ^a   Gao, Z ^a   Loutfy, R O ^b   Hecht, M ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MER CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational Fluid Dynamic Analysis; Cooling Plate; Optimal Heat Transfer; PEM Fuel Cell

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COOLING; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FLOW OF WATER; FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; LAMINAR FLOW; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; COOLING PLATES; OPTIMAL HEAT TRANSFER; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE (PEM) FUELL CELLS;

FUEL CELLS;

EID: 1842559728     PISSN: 16156846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fuce.200330112     Document Type: Article

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