Effect of water phase change on temperature distribution in proton exchange membrane fuel cells

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 46, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 1295-1305

  Afshari, Ebrahim ^c   Jazayeri, Seyed Ali ^a   Mollayi Barzi, Yaser ^b  

^a K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODE CHANNEL; CELL TEMPERATURE; CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; DEVELOPED MODEL; DOWN STREAM; EFFECT OF WATER; FULLY-COUPLED; HEAT RELEASE; HEAT REMOVAL; HUMIDITY CONDITIONS; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MULTI-PHASE MIXTURES; NEW MECHANISMS; NONISOTHERMAL; NUMERICAL MODELS; PEM FUEL CELL; PHASE CHANGE; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SINGLE DOMAINS; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; TWO-PHASE TRANSPORT; UP STREAM; VAPOR PHASE; WATER PHASE;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; HYDRAULICS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PULP MANUFACTURE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOANALYSIS;

WATER VAPOR;

EID: 78650619490     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: 14321181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00231-010-0647-x     Document Type: Article

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