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Computational modelling of polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells: Challenges and opportunities
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In this article, the authors report on some progress in both fundamental modelling of these phenomena, as well as in the development of integrated, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) based models for polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells.About:
This article is published in Energy.The article was published on 2007-04-01. It has received 232 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Proton exchange membrane fuel cell & Water transport.read more
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A review of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells: Technology, applications,and needs on fundamental research
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the latest status of PEM fuel cell technology development and applications in the transportation, stationary, and portable/micro power generation sectors through an overview of the state-of-the-art and most recent technical progress.
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Predictions of effective physical properties of complex multiphase materials
Moran Wang,Ning Pan +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a review of the existing major analytical approaches dealing with material properties modeling is presented, with a focus on some recent advances in numerical methodology that are able to predict more accurately and efficiently the effective physical properties of multiphase materials with complex internal microstructures.
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A Critical Review of Modeling Transport Phenomena in Polymer-Electrolyte Fuel Cells
Adam Z. Weber,Rodney L. Borup,Robert M. Darling,Prodip K. Das,Thomas J. Dursch,Thomas J. Dursch,Wenbin Gu,David Harvey,David Harvey,Ahmet Kusoglu,Shawn Litster,Matthew M. Mench,Rangachary Mukundan,Jon P. Owejan,Jon G. Pharoah,Marc Secanell,Iryna V. Zenyuk +16 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the results of a study at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA and the United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, Connecticut 06118, USA.
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In-fibre Bragg grating sensors for distributed temperature measurement in a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell
TL;DR: In this paper, in-fibre Bragg grating (FBG) sensors were used for distributed measurement of temperature inside a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell, with a relative error of less than 0.2°C over the operating range of the test cell ( ∼ 20 −80°C).
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Review of computational heat and mass transfer modeling in polymer-electrolyte-membrane (PEM) fuel cells
TL;DR: Many computational fluid dynamics polymer-electrolyte-membrane fuel cell models have been presented over the last few decades as mentioned in this paper, ranging from one-dimensional, single-component to complete threedimensional, large-scale setups, with an emphasis on heat and mass transfer.
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Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Model
TL;DR: In this paper, an isothermal, one-dimensional, steady-state model for a complete polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) with a 117 Nation | membrane is presented, which predicts an increase in membrane resistance with increased current density and demonstrates the great advantage of a thinner membrane in alleviating this resistance problem.
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Transport in proton conductors for fuel-cell applications: simulations, elementary reactions, and phenomenology.
TL;DR: Theoretical Methodologies and Simulation Tools, and Poisson−Boltzmann Theory, and Phenomenology of Transport inProton-Conducting Materials for Fuel-CellApplications46664.2.1.
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Effective diffusivity and water-saturation distribution in single- and two-layer PEMFC diffusion medium
Jin Hyun Nam,Massoud Kaviany +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the formation and distribution of condensed water in diffusion medium of proton exchange membrane fuel cells, and its tendency to reduce the local effective mass diffusivity and to influence cell performance, are studied.
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Proton Conductivity of Nafion 117 as Measured by a Four‐Electrode AC Impedance Method
TL;DR: In this article, the proton conductivity of Nafion 117 was measured under various conditions of humidity and temperature using a four-electrode ac impedance method, and it varied strongly with the humidity and heat-treatment of the membrane.
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Two-phase flow and transport in the air cathode of proton exchange membrane fuel cells
TL;DR: In this paper, the two-phase flow and transport of reactants and products in the air cathode of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells is studied analytically and numerically.