Computational study of forced air-convection in open-cathode polymer electrolyte fuel cell stacks

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 195, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 5550-5563

  Sasmito, A P ^a   Lum, K W ^b   Birgersson, E ^a   Mujumdar, A S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Characteristic curve; Fan; Forced air convection; Mathematical model; Open cathode manifold; Polymer electrolyte fuel cell

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATE MODEL; CATHODE FLOW FIELDS; CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; CONSERVATION OF CHARGE; CONSERVATION OF MASS; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; FAN POWER; FORCED AIR-CONVECTION; INTERFACIAL CONDITIONS; METAL MESH; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS; POLYNOMIAL EXPRESSION; STACK PERFORMANCE; STATIC PRESSURE; STRONG CORRELATION;

ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMERS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 77953131199     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2010.02.083     Document Type: Article

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