Water transport through a PEM (proton exchange membrane) fuel cell in a seven-layer model

Energy

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 220-231

  Rakhshanpouri, S ^a   Rowshanzamir, S ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Flooding; Modeling; Proton exchange fuel cell; Seven layer model; Water management; Water transport

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; DIFFUSION IN GASES; FLOODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS; OIL WELL FLOODING; STOICHIOMETRY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CATALYST LAYERS; CRITICAL PROBLEMS; FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGIES; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; INLET CHANNELS; INLET GAS; MEMBRANE THICKNESS; MODEL PREDICTION; OVER-VOLTAGES; POLARIZATION CURVES; PROTON EXCHANGE FUEL CELLS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; THEORETICAL MODELS; WATER TRANSPORT;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

DEHYDRATION; ELECTRODE; FLOODING; FUEL CELL; HUMIDITY; ISOTHERM; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLARIZATION; POROSITY; WATER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84873105387     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.10.053     Document Type: Article

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