Numerical evaluation of various gas and coolant channel designs for high performance liquid-cooled proton exchange membrane fuel cell stacks

Energy

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 278-291

  Sasmito, Agus P ^a,b   Kurnia, Jundika C ^a   Mujumdar, Arun S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Coolant channel; Gas channel; Hybrid channel; Liquid cooling; Net power; Parasitic load

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLANTS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FORCED CONVECTION; GASES; LIQUIDS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SERPENTINE;

COOLANT CHANNEL; GAS CHANNELS; HYBRID CHANNELS; LIQUID COOLING; NET POWER; PARASITIC LOADS;

DESIGN;

COOLING; DESIGN; FUEL CELL; GAS EXCHANGE; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 84864361845     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.06.030     Document Type: Article

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