The effect of inlet parameters on fluid flow and cell performance at cathode of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell

Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 0410021-0410028

  Gulan, Utku ^a   Turkoglu, Hasmet ^a   Ar, Irfan ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; PEM fuel cells; Porous medium

Indexed keywords

CATALYST LAYERS; CATHODE CATALYST LAYERS; CATHODE GAS; CATHODE GAS CHANNEL; CELL PERFORMANCE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONCENTRATION OF; CONTROL VOLUME METHODS; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS; FLUID FLOW; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPERATION TEMPERATURE; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; OXYGEN MOLE-FRACTION; PEM FUEL CELL; POROUS MEDIUM; POWER DENSITIES; PROBLEM DOMAIN; SIMPLE ALGORITHM;

CATALYSTS; CELLS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; DIFFUSION IN GASES; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; INLET FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXYGEN; POROUS MATERIALS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PROTONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 77955458104     PISSN: 1550624X     EISSN: 15516989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3211097     Document Type: Article

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