Improvement of performance of gas flow channel in PEM fuel cells

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2776-2787

  Kuo, Jenn Kun ^a   Yen, Tzu Shuang ^b   Chen, Cha'o Kuang ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TAINAN   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bipolar plates; Field synergy principle; Gas flow channel; Heat transfer; PEMFC

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR PLATES; CATALYST LAYER; CONVECTIVE HEAT-TRANSFER; FIELD SYNERGY PRINCIPLE; FLOW REGIMES; FLUID FLOWING; GAS FLOW CHANNEL; GAS FLOW CHANNELS; GAS-FLOW VELOCITY; INTERSECTION ANGLES; LOW-REYNOLDS NUMBER; NUMERICA L RESULTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; PEM FUEL CELLS; PEMFC; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS; REACTION PERFORMANCE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; VELOCITY FLOW; VELOCITY VECTORS;

CATALYSIS; CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCRETE PAVEMENTS; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW OF GASES; FUEL CELLS; GAS DYNAMICS; GASES; GRADIENT METHODS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING EQUIPMENT; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; LADDERS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PROTON TRANSFER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); TEMPERATURE SENSORS; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMOANALYSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VECTORS;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 48849096929     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2008.03.024     Document Type: Article

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