Investigation of bipolar plate geometry on direct methanol fuel cell performance

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 18403-18411

  Kianimanesh, A ^a   Yu, B ^a   Yang, Q ^a   Freiheit, T ^a   Xue, D ^a   Park, S S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bipolar plate geometry; CFD simulation; Direct methanol fuel cell; Flow field

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR PLATES; CFD SIMULATIONS; CHANNEL WIDTHS; DIFFUSION LAYERS; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELL PERFORMANCE; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FLOW AREA; FUEL DISTRIBUTION; PUMPING POWER; SERPENTINE CONFIGURATION; SINGLE-CHANNEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); FLOW FIELDS; SERPENTINE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84868214990     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.08.128     Document Type: Article

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