Design and analysis of a proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC)

Renewable Energy

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 161-165

  Pandiyan, S ^a   Elayaperumal, A ^a   Rajalakshmi, N ^b   Dhathathreyan, K S ^b   Venkateshwaran, N ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTRE FOR POWDER METALLURGY AND NEW MATERIALS ARCI   (India)

Author keywords

Bipolar plate; Flow distribution; Flow fields; PEM fuel cell; Pressure drop

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; BIPOLAR PLATES; DESIGN AND ANALYSIS; DESIGN VALUE; FLOW DISTRIBUTION; FUEL CELL STACK; INDIVIDUAL CELLS; LINEAR CORRELATION; LOW VOLTAGES; PEM FUEL CELL; PEMFC STACK; POWER OUT PUT; REMEDIAL MEASURES;

FLOW FIELDS; FLOW RATE; PRESSURE DROP;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

DESIGN; FLOW MODELING; FUEL CELL; ION EXCHANGE; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIDATION;

EID: 84866531490     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.01.040     Document Type: Article

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