Efficient parallel algorithm for fuel cell stack simulation

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 531-542

  Kulikovsky, A A ^a,b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Fuel cell stack; Modeling; Parallel algorithm

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR PLATES; DISTRIBUTIONS OF VOLTAGE AND TEMPERATURE; FAST SIMULATION; FASTER CONVERGENCE; FUEL CELL STACK; HIGH-FREQUENCY MODE; IN-PLANE; ITERATION PROCESS; LAYERED STRUCTURES; MASSIVELY PARALLEL MACHINE; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; MODELING; NUMERICAL TESTS; PARALLEL MACHINE; PLANAR FUEL CELLS; POISSON SOLVERS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL;

CELL MEMBRANES; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FUEL CELLS; LAPLACE EQUATION; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POISSON EQUATION; SEPARATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

PARALLEL ALGORITHMS;

EID: 68249146254     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/080718875     Document Type: Article

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