Computational analysis of heat transfer in air-cooled fuel cells

ASME 2011 9th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology. Collocated with ASME 2011 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, FUELCELL 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 799-808

  Shahsavari, S ^a   Bahrami, M ^a   Kjeang, E ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

AIR COOLING; COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; ENGINEERING CHALLENGES; LOW TEMPERATURE FUEL CELLS; NUMERICAL THERMAL MODEL; PEM FUEL CELL; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS;

COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; DIFFUSION IN GASES; FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; HIGH TEMPERATURE ENGINEERING; NUMERICAL MODELS; OXIDANTS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOANALYSIS;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 84881650415     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/FuelCell2011-54794     Document Type: Conference Paper

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