Thermal analysis of air-cooled PEM fuel cells

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 18261-18271

  Shahsavari, Setareh ^a   Desouza, Andrew ^b   Bahrami, Majid ^a   Kjeang, Erik ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air cooling; Forced convection; Heat transfer; Numerical modeling; PEM fuel cell; Thermal management

Indexed keywords

AIR COOLING; AIR FLOW; AIR VELOCITIES; BILL OF MATERIALS; BIPOLAR PLATES; CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; ENERGY EQUATION; ENTIRE DOMAIN; FLOW DIRECTION; LARGE TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; NUMERICAL THERMAL MODEL; PEM FUEL CELL; SUPPLY CHANNELS; SYSTEM COMPLEXITY; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

AIR; CONSERVATION; COOLING SYSTEMS; FORCED CONVECTION; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODELS; OXIDANTS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMOANALYSIS;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 84868197052     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.09.075     Document Type: Article

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