Investigating the effects of operational factors on PEMFC performance based on CFD simulations using a three-level full-factorial design

Renewable Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 250-260

  Cheng, Shan Jen ^a   Miao, Jr Ming ^b   Wu, Sheng Ju ^c  

^a Army Academy   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

ANOVA; Bipolar channel; FCFD; Full factorial design; PEMFC

Indexed keywords

ANODE SIDE; BIPOLAR CHANNEL; CATHODE GAS; CELL TEMPERATURE; CFD SIMULATIONS; DESIGN PARAMETERS; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; FCFD; FLOW CHANNELS; GAS FLOW CHANNEL; INTERACTION EFFECT; ION TRANSPORTS; MAIN EFFECT; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; MULTI-PHYSICS; MULTILAYER STRUCTURES; MULTIPHYSICS PROBLEMS; NONISOTHERMAL; OPERATIONAL FACTORS; OPERATIONAL TEMPERATURE; PARALLEL CHANNEL; PERFORMANCE BASED; POLARIZATION CURVES; THREE-LEVEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); CATHODES; CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESIGN; FUEL CELLS; GAS MIXTURES; MIXTURES; POLARIZATION; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); THREE DIMENSIONAL;

GASES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FUEL CELL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLARIZATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

EID: 80053266708     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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