Fan selection and stack design for open-cathode polymer electrolyte fuel cell stacks

Renewable Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 325-332

  Sasmito, A P ^a   Birgersson, E ^a   Lum, K W ^b   Mujumdar, A S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Fan; Forced air convection; Open cathode; Polymer electrolyte fuel cell; Thermal management

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; AS INTERFACES; CELL LENGTHS; CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; CONSERVATION OF MASS; FAN POWER; FORCED-AIR CONVECTION; MODEL-BASED DESIGN; OPEN-CATHODE; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING POINTS; OPERATING REGIONS; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; STACK CONFIGURATIONS; STACK PERFORMANCE; SYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS; UNSTABLE REGIONS;

CATHODES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; HEAT CONVECTION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMERS;

FUEL CELLS;

AIRFLOW; DESIGN; ELECTRODE; ELECTROLYTE; FLOW MODELING; FUEL CELL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLYMER; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; THERMAL CONVECTION; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 79961128783     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.06.037     Document Type: Article

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