In-situ measurement of in-plane temperature distribution in a single-cell polymer electrolyte fuel cell by thermograph (1st Report, effect assessment of gas flow rate at inlet and gas channel pitch of separator on in-plane temperature distribution and power generation performance)

Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, B Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part B

Volumn 76, Issue 762, 2010, Pages 342-351

  Nishimura, Akira ^a   Shibuya, Kenichi ^b   Morimoto, Atsushi ^b   Tanaka, Shigeki ^b   Hirota, Masafumi ^b   Nakamura, Yoshihiro ^b   Kojima, Masashi ^b   Narita, Masahiko ^b  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Energy conversion; Gas channel pitch; Gas flow rate; Heat transfer; In situ measurement; Inplane temperature distribution; PEFC; Thermography

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROLYTES; ENERGY CONVERSION; FLOW OF GASES; FLOW RATE; FUEL CELLS; GASES; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; POLYELECTROLYTES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SEPARATORS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

GAS CHANNEL PITCHES; HIGH-POWER GENERATION; IN-PLANE TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTIONS; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; PEFC; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS; STOICHIOMETRIC RATIO; TEMPERATURE REGIONS;

SOLID ELECTROLYTES;

EID: 77952273517     PISSN: 03875016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/kikaib.76.762_342     Document Type: Article

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