A CFD study of hygro-thermal stresses distribution in PEM fuel cell during regular cell operation

Renewable Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 674-682

  Sadiq Al Baghdadi, Maher A R ^a  

^a Higher Institute for Engineering Comprehensive Vocations   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

CFD model; Hygro thermal stresses; Nafion; PEM fuel cell

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CELLS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CYTOLOGY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION IN GASES; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FLUID DYNAMICS; FUEL CELLS; FUELS; GASES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; THERMAL STRESS; THERMOELASTICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CELL OPERATIONS; CFD MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELS; FLOW CHANNELS; FUEL CELL MODELS; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; GAS DISTRIBUTIONS; HIGH LOADINGS; HYGRO-THERMAL STRESSES; LOCALIZED BENDING STRESSES; NAFION; NON-UNIFORM; OPERATING CONDITIONS; PEM FUEL CELL; PEM FUEL CELLS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS; STRESSES DISTRIBUTIONS; TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; UNIQUE FEATURES; WHOLE CELLS;

CELL MEMBRANES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DEFORMATION; FUEL CELL; MEMBRANE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 54349098007     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2008.05.023     Document Type: Article

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