Depth averaged analytic solution for a laminar flow fuel cell with electric double layer effects

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1149-1168

  Sprague, Isaac B ^a   Dutta, Prashanta ^a  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Depth averaged shallow microchannel; Electric double layer kinetics; Laminar flow fuel cell

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC EXPRESSIONS; ANALYTIC SOLUTION; ASYMPTOTIC MATCHING; BULK ELECTROLYTES; CHANNEL WIDTHS; CONTINUUM FIELDS; CURRENT DENSITY PROFILES; CURRENT PROFILE; DEBYE LENGTH; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DIFFUSE LAYERS; DOUBLE LAYERS; ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER; ELECTRODE POTENTIALS; FUEL CELL PERFORMANCE; INCOMPRESSIBLE NAVIER-STOKES; LIQUID ELECTROLYTES; LOCAL CURRENT DENSITY; MICRO DEVICES; MULTIDIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; POISSON-NERNST-PLANCK EQUATIONS; STERN MODEL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTES; FUEL CELLS; KINETICS; LAMINAR FLOW; MICROCHANNELS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84866318712     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/110843113     Document Type: Article

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