Computational simulation and experimental evaluation on anodic flow field structures of micro direct methanol fuel cells

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 14-15, 2011, Pages 2877-2884

  Wang, Sheng Jun ^a,b,c   Huo, Wei Wei ^a,b,c   Zou, Zhi Qing ^a,b   Qiao, Yong Jin ^a,b   Yang, Hui ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MICROSYSTEM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI ADVANCED RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Computational simulation; DMFC; Flow field; Temperature distribution

Indexed keywords

ANODIC FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLOW FIELD STRUCTURE; INLET VELOCITY; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; MICRO DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELL; POWER DENSITIES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SIMULATED RESULTS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); FLOW FIELDS; FLOW VELOCITY; INLET FLOW; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; SERPENTINE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 79960928181     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2011.05.013     Document Type: Article

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