Thermofluid modeling of fuel cells

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 39, Issue , 2007, Pages 193-215

  Young, John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffusion slip; PEMFC modeling; SOFC modeling; Stack modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FABRICATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDROGEN; OXYGEN;

CONVECTIVE-DIFFUSIVE FLOW; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFCS); SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFCS); THERMOFLUID MODELING;

FUEL CELLS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FABRICATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FUEL CELLS; HYDROGEN; OXYGEN;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID FLOW; FUEL CELL; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 33846813719     PISSN: 00664189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.fluid.39.050905.110304     Document Type: Review

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