Effect of porosity and pressure on the PEM fuel cell performance

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 8542-8549

  Larbi, Badreddine ^a   Alimi, Wael ^a   Chouikh, Ridha ^a   Guizani, Amenallah ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER OF ENERGY   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Charges; Mass; PEMFC; Porosity; Pressure; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CARTESIAN-COORDINATES SYSTEM; CONSERVATION OF MASS; CONTROL VOLUME METHODS; COUPLED PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS; GAS DIFFUSION ELECTRODES; MASS; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

CONSERVATION; FEES AND CHARGES; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POROSITY; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 84879244331     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.11.022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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