Review of computational heat and mass transfer modeling in polymer-electrolyte-membrane (PEM) fuel cells

Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1331-1352

  Siegel, C ^a,b  

^a Zentrum für BrennstoffzellenTechnik Center for Fuel Cell Technology gGmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Modeling; Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC); Review; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BESSEL FUNCTIONS; CELL MEMBRANES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTES; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; FUEL CELLS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; POLYMERS; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); STEEL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRANSFER MOLDING;

CASE STUDIES; COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES; CONVERGENCE PROBLEMS; ELSEVIER (CO); FUEL CELL MODELING; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER (HMT); LITERATURE OVERVIEW; MODEL ACCURACY; NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FUEL (PEMF) CELLS; POLYMER-ELECTROLYTE-MEMBRANE (PEM); SIMULATION SOFTWARES; SYSTEMS OF PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D);

PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTROLYTE; FUEL CELL; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANE; MODELING; POLYMER; SOFTWARE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 48949115556     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2008.04.015     Document Type: Review

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