Numerical simulations of gaseous mixture flow in porous electrodes for PEM fuel cells by the lattice Boltzmann method

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering, and Technology, 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 93-102

  Asinari, Pietro ^a   Coppo, Marco ^a   Von Spakovsky, Michael R ^b   Kasula, Bhavani V ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GAS DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POROUS MATERIALS;

GASEOUS MIXTURE FLOW; LATTICE BOLTZMAN METHOD; POROUS ELECTRODES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE (PEM);

FUEL CELLS;

EID: 27744536256     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/fuelcell2005-74046     Document Type: Conference Paper

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