Simulation of species transport and water management in PEM fuel cells

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 4220-4227

  Dokkar, Boubekeur ^a   Settou, N Eddine ^a   Imine, Omar ^b   Saifi, Nadia ^a   Negrou, Belkhir ^a   Nemouchi, Zoubir ^c  

^a KASDI MERBAH UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET DE LA TECHNOLOGIE D ORAN MOHAMED BOUDIAF   (Algeria)

^c Universite Mentouri Constantine   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Cathode; PEM fuel cell; Species transport; Water management

Indexed keywords

AIR CATHODE; CATALYST LAYERS; CATHODE FLOW FIELDS; CELL MODEL; CELL PERFORMANCE; COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; ELECTROCHEMICAL KINETICS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS; GAS CHANNELS; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; GOVERNING DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; MASS TRANSPORT; MODEL RESULTS; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PEM FUEL CELL; POLARIZATION CURVES; PRESSURE INCREASE; REACTION SITES; SINGLE PHASE; SOLID POLYMERS; SPECIES PROFILE; SPECIES TRANSPORT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTERACTION; WATER REMOVAL;

CATHODES; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFUSION IN GASES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW STRUCTURE; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; OXYGEN; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 79952443466     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.09.060     Document Type: Article

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