Calculations of transport phenomena and reaction distribution in a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 17-18, 2009, Pages 4074-4081

  Schwarz, D H ^a   Beale, S B ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemical reactions; Computational fluid dynamics; Current density; Electrochemistry; Fuel cells; Physicochemical hydrodynamics; Transport phenomena

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION EFFECT; ANODE CATALYST LAYER; COMPLEX INTERACTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS CODES; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; CURRENT DENSITY DISTRIBUTION; DETAILED MODELS; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS; FUEL CELL DESIGNS; GAS CHANNELS; LOCAL CURRENT DENSITY; MULTICOMPONENT; MULTIPHASE TRANSPORT; OHMIC EFFECT; OHMIC LOSS; OPERATING CONDITION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL HYDRODYNAMICS; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS; REACTION DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPORT LIMITATIONS; TRANSPORT PHENOMENA;

CELL MEMBRANES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CURRENT DENSITY; DESIGN; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC ANALYSIS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANES; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMERS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 67049116128     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.03.043     Document Type: Article

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