Understanding the effect of channel tolerances on performance of PEMFCs

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 12512-12523

  Shimpalee, S ^a   Lilavivat, V ^a   Van Zee, J W ^a   McCrabb, H ^b   Lozano Morales, A ^b  

^a The Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^b FARADAY TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar plate manufacturing; ES PEMFC; Flow field design; Fuel cell simulation; Fuel cells; PEM

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS; BIPOLAR PLATES; CELL PERFORMANCE; CHANNEL CHARACTERISTICS; CHANNEL WIDTHS; DESIGN PRINCIPLES; ES-PEMFC; FLOW-FIELD DESIGN; FUEL CELL SIMULATION; GRAPHITE PLATES; LABORATORY CELLS; LABORATORY SCALE; LOCAL CURRENT DENSITY; METAL PLATES; PEM; PRECISE MACHINING; REACTANT SPECIES; TO EFFECT;

FUEL CELLS; MANUFACTURE; FLOW FIELDS;

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 80052795217     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.06.146     Document Type: Article

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