A numerical study of flow crossover between adjacent flow channels in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell with serpentine flow field

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 985-992

  Shi, Zhongying ^a   Wang, Xia ^a  

^a Oakland University   (United States)

Author keywords

Compression; Flow crossover; Fuel cells; PEM; Serpentine flow design

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CHANNEL FLOW; CYTOLOGY; DATA COMPRESSION; DEFORMATION; DIFFUSION IN GASES; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FUEL CELLS; FUELS; GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OXYGEN; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PROTONS; SERPENTINE; SILICATE MINERALS; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ADJACENT CHANNELS; BIPOLAR PLATES; CELL ASSEMBLIES; COMMERCIAL SOFTWARES; COMPRESSION; COMPRESSION EFFECTS; COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; COMSOL MULTIPHYSICS; CROSS OVERS; DO-MAINS; FINITE ELEMENTS; FLOW CHANNELS; FLOW CROSSOVER; FUEL CELL MODELS; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; HIGH CURRENT DENSITIES; LOCAL CURRENT DENSITIES; MASS FRACTIONS; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OVERALL PERFORMANCES; PARAMETRIC STUDIES; PEM; PEM FUEL CELLS; POLARIZATION CURVES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; SERPENTINE FLOW DESIGN; SERPENTINE FLOW FIELDS; STRUCTURAL MECHANICS;

CELL MEMBRANES;

EID: 56049119813     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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