On the dynamics and control of through-plane water distributions in PEM fuel cells

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 63, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 4418-4432

  McCain, Buz A ^a   Stefanopoulou, Anna G ^a   Kolmanovsky, Ilya V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Diffusion; Dynamic simulation; Model reduction; Porous media; Stability; Transient response

Indexed keywords

ANODES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION IN GASES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; FUEL CELLS; POLYELECTROLYTES; POROUS MATERIALS; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

DISTRIBUTED-PARAMETER MODEL; DYNAMICS AND CONTROL; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; HYDROGEN UTILIZATION; MODEL REDUCTION; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; VOLTAGE DEGRADATION; WATER DISTRIBUTIONS;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 50049121201     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.05.025     Document Type: Article

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