Dominant factor and mechanism of coupling phenomena in single cell of polymer electrolyte fuel cell

Applied Energy

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-79

  Nishimura, Akira ^a   Shibuya, Kenichi ^a   Morimoto, Atsushi ^a   Tanaka, Shigeki ^a   Hirota, Masafumi ^a   Nakamura, Yoshihiro ^b   Kojima, Masashi ^b   Narita, Masahiko ^b   Hu, Eric ^c  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nagoya 466 8555 Japan   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coupling phenomena; Gas supply condition; In plane temperature distribution; Polymer electrolyte fuel cell; Thermograph

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF GASES; FLOW RATE; FUEL CELLS; GAS SUPPLY; HEAT CONVECTION; MASS TRANSFER; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMERS; SEPARATORS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

COUPLED PHENOMENA; COUPLING PHENOMENA; DOMINANT FACTOR; GAS CHANNELS; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; IN-PLANE; IN-PLANE TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; LOAD CURRENTS; OBSERVATION WINDOW; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS; SINGLE CELLS; STOICHIOMETRIC RATIO; THERMOGRAPH;

GASES;

ELECTROLYTE; FLOW PATTERN; FUEL CELL; GAS SUPPLY; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; POLYMER; POWER GENERATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 80055032481     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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