Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell with Metal Foam in the Gas Flow-Field of Bipolar/End Plates

Journal of New Materials for Electrochemical Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 231-236

  Kumar, Atul ^a   Reddy, Ramana G ^a  

^a University of Alabama   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar end plates; CFD; Fluent; Metal foam; PEM fuel cell

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSERS (FLUID); ELECTROLYTES; ENERGY CONVERSION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FUEL CELLS;

BIPOLAR/END PLATES; FLUENT; METAL FOAM; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE (PEM) FUEL CELL;

POLYMERS;

EID: 2342509547     PISSN: 14802422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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