A nonisothermal PEM fuel cell model including two water transport mechanisms in the membrane

Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Steinkamp, Kay ^a   Schumacher, J O ^b   Goldsmith, F ^c   Ohlberger, Mario ^d   Ziegler, C ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^b ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROOSMOSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW OF WATER; GALERKIN METHODS; HEAT TRANSFER; IONOMERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON EQUATION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TWO PHASE FLOW;

CATALYST LAYERS; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; PERFLUORINATED-SULFONIC ACID-IONOMER-BASED MEMBRANE;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 40749153921     PISSN: 1550624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2822884     Document Type: Article

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