Optimization of a serpentine flow field with variable channel heights and widths for PEM fuel cells

Science China Technological Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 453-460

  Lin, Lin ^a   Zhang, Xinxin ^a   Feng, Huting ^a   Wang, Xiaodong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

Optimization; PEM fuel cell; Simplified conjugate gradient method; Sub rib convection

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATE GRADIENT METHOD; FLOW FIELDS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; OPTIMIZATION; SERPENTINE;

FINE ADJUSTMENTS; LIQUID WATER REMOVAL; OPTIMAL CHANNELS; OPTIMIZATION APPROACH; PEM FUEL CELL; REACTANT TRANSPORT; SERPENTINE FLOW FIELDS; SIMPLIFIED CONJUGATE-GRADIENT METHODS;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 77950814050     PISSN: 16747321     EISSN: 18691900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11431-010-0009-4     Document Type: Article

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