Performance evaluation of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell with a dead-end anode: A computational fluid dynamic study

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 10917-10933

  Sasmito, Agus P ^a   Mujumdar, Arun S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dead end anode; Gas management; Polymer electrolyte fuel cell; Purging; Transient; Water management

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATES; AGGLOMERATE MODEL; CATALYST LAYERS; CELL PERFORMANCE; CONSERVATION OF MASS; DEAD-END ANODE; GAS MANAGEMENT; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; MEMBRANE MODELS; MODEL RESULTS; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS; SIMULATION RESULT; TRANSIENT BEHAVIOR;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMERS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

NITROGEN;

EID: 80051601553     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.05.171     Document Type: Article

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