A mathematical model for the corrosion of metallic Bipolar plates in PEM fuel cells: Numerical and experimental issues

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 579-599

  Bozzini, Benedetto ^a   Sgura, Ivonne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boundary value problems; Corrosion; Finite difference schemes; Metallic bipolar plates; Nonlinear boundary conditions; PEM fuel cell

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE CURRENT DENSITIES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FINITE DIFFERENCE SCHEMES; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TECHNIQUES; METALLIC BIPOLAR PLATES; MIXED BOUNDARY CONDITION; NONLINEAR BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; NUMERICAL APPROXIMATIONS; NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS; PEM FUEL CELL; SPACE DISTRIBUTION; TIME DEPENDENCE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORROSION RATE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

CELL MEMBRANES;

EID: 68249153576     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/080721054     Document Type: Article

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