CFD prediction of shunt currents present in alkaline fuel cells

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 196, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 8180-8187

  Zhou, Ge ^a   Chen, Lea Der ^b   Seaba, James P ^c  

^a UTC Power   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^c Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaline fuel cell; Electric field potential; Non ideal solution; Shunt currents

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD POTENTIAL; ELECTROLYTE TRANSPORT; HIGH CURRENT DENSITIES; LIQUID ELECTROLYTES; MITIGATION MEASURES; NON-IDEAL SOLUTION; OVERPOTENTIAL; PRIMARY CURRENTS; SHUNT CURRENT; TRANSPORT MODELS;

ALKALINE FUEL CELLS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROLYTES; SEPARATORS;

ELECTRIC LOSSES;

EID: 79961031119     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2011.04.029     Document Type: Article

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