Liquid water transport in parallel serpentine channels with manifolds on cathode side of a PEM fuel cell stack

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 124-137

  Jiao, Kui ^a   Zhou, Biao ^a   Quan, Peng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air water behaviour; CFD modeling; Parallel serpentine channels; Pressure drop; Proton exchange membrane; Water management

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW OF WATER; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROTONS;

AIR-WATER BEHAVIOUR; CFD MODELING; PARALLEL SERPENTINE CHANNELS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

FUEL CELLS;

EID: 33344463267     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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