TY - JOUR
T1 - A two-phase flow and transport model for PEM fuel cells
AU - You, Lixin
AU - Liu, Hongtan
N1 - Funding Information:
The financial support of the US Department of Energy's CARAT program under contract DE-FC02-98EE50531 is gratefully acknowledged.
PY - 2006/4/21
Y1 - 2006/4/21
N2 - A two-phase flow and multi-component mathematical model with a complete set of governing equations valid in different components of a PEM fuel cell is developed. The model couples the flows, species, electrical potential, and current density distributions in the cathode and anode fluid channels, gas diffusers, catalyst layers and membrane, respectively. The modeling results of typical concentration distributions are presented. The coupling of oxygen concentration, current density, overpotential and potential are shown in the membrane electrode assembly (MEA). The model predicted fuel cell polarization curves for different cathode pressures compared well with our experimental data.
AB - A two-phase flow and multi-component mathematical model with a complete set of governing equations valid in different components of a PEM fuel cell is developed. The model couples the flows, species, electrical potential, and current density distributions in the cathode and anode fluid channels, gas diffusers, catalyst layers and membrane, respectively. The modeling results of typical concentration distributions are presented. The coupling of oxygen concentration, current density, overpotential and potential are shown in the membrane electrode assembly (MEA). The model predicted fuel cell polarization curves for different cathode pressures compared well with our experimental data.
KW - Fuel cells
KW - Mathematical model
KW - Proton exchange membrane (PEM)
KW - Two-phase flow
KW - Water and thermal management
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2005.04.025
DO - 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2005.04.025
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33645703499
VL - 155
SP - 219
EP - 230
JO - Journal of Power Sources
JF - Journal of Power Sources
SN - 0378-7753
IS - 2
ER -