Air-cooled micro-porous heat exchangers for thermal management of fuel cells

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 363-367

  Boyd, Ben ^a   Hooman, Kamel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Convection; Fuel cells; Heat sinks; Metal foams; Thermal management

Indexed keywords

3-D NUMERICAL SIMULATION; AIR FLOW; FUEL CELL SYSTEM; FUEL CELL THERMAL MANAGEMENT; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; METAL FOAMS; NEW DESIGN; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS;

COOLING SYSTEMS; FOAMS; FUEL CELLS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT SINKS; METALS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

EID: 84858792583     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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