Modeling and simulations of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells with poroelastic approach for coupled liquid water transport and deformation in the membrane

Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 0310081-0310089

  Yesilyurt, Serhat ^a  

^a SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS; CATHODE GAS; COUPLED DEFORMATION; CYCLIC TRANSIENTS; DARCY'S LAW; DEFORMATION CHARACTERISTICS; FINITE-ELEMENT; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; HYGROTHERMAL; IONIC CURRENT; LIQUID WATER; MAXWELL-STEFAN EQUATIONS; MODELING AND SIMULATION; MULTI-PHYSICS; OHM'S LAW; OPERATING CONDITION; PEM FUEL CELL; PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS; POLYMER MEMBRANE; PORO-ELASTIC APPROACH; PORO-ELASTICITY; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SIMULATION EXPERIMENTS; SPECIES TRANSPORT; STEADY STATE DEFORMATION; STEP CHANGES; TRANSIENT CONDITIONS; TRANSIENT RESPONSE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CROSS SECTIONS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS; ULTIMATE FAILURE; WATER TRANSPORT; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DEFORMATION; DIFFUSION IN GASES; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMERS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); TRANSIENTS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WATER CONTENT;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 77955439726     PISSN: 1550624X     EISSN: 15516989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3207869     Document Type: Article

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