Coupled mechanical stress and multi-dimensional CFD analysis for high temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells (HT-PEMFCs)

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 7715-7724

  Chippar, Purushothama ^a   Oh, Kyeongmin ^a   Kim, Dongmin ^b   Hong, Tae Whan ^c   Kim, Whangi ^d   Ju, Hyunchul ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

^b Hong Ik University   (South Korea)

^c Chungju National University   (South Korea)

^d Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gas diffusion layer; GDL compression; GDL intrusion; Polybenzimidazole (PBI); Proton exchange membrane fuel cell

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSION IN GASES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PHOSPHORIC ACID FUEL CELLS (PAFC);

CURRENT DENSITY DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; GDL COMPRESSIONS; GDL INTRUSION; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS; PHOSPHORIC ACID DOPED POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE; POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 84878785032     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.07.122     Document Type: Article

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