Design and development of the cooling system of a 2 kW nominal power open-cathode polymer electrolyte fuel cell stack

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 7289-7298

  López Sabirón, Ana M ^a   Barroso, Jorge ^a   Roda, Vicente ^a   Barranco, José ^a   Lozano, Antonio ^a   Barreras, Félix ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

1D model; Cooling system; Hydrogen; Open cathode; PEM fuel cells; Thermography

Indexed keywords

1-D MODELS; AIR FLOW; AXIAL FANS; CATHODE CHANNEL; COOLING AIR; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIORS; FAN SYSTEMS; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HEAT MANAGEMENT; INSTANTANEOUS CURRENT; NUMBER OF COMPONENTS; OPEN-CATHODE; PEM FUEL CELL; PEM FUEL CELL STACK; POLARIZATION CURVES; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS; POWER OUT PUT; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THEORETICAL MODELS; TOTAL PRESSURE DROP; WORKING CONDITIONS;

CATHODES; COOLING SYSTEMS; HYDROGEN; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84859216965     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.11.073     Document Type: Conference Paper

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