Effect of compression on water transport in gas diffusion layer of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell using lattice Boltzmann method

DH Jeon, H Kim - Journal of Power Sources, 2015 - Elsevier
… behavior of liquid water transport in a gas diffusion layer (GDL) … The results of the experiment
show that water breakthrough … To determine the mechanism of water transport in the GDL, a …

Measurement of the water transport rate in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell and the influence of the gas diffusion layer

W Dai, H Wang, XZ Yuan, JJ Martin, Z Luo… - Journal of Power Sources, 2008 - Elsevier
… method to measure the water transport rate across the GDL. Water rejection rates across a
… In this paper, the effects of the GDL on water transport in PEM fuel cells were investigated. …

Visualization and back pressure analysis of water transport through gas diffusion layers of proton exchange membrane fuel cell

TL Liu, C Pan - Journal of Power Sources, 2012 - Elsevier
Transport of water through the gas diffusion layer (GDL) is explored to simulate the water flow
in the … Liquid water is injected through the GDL media, and the differential pressure drop is …

Investigating temperature-driven water transport in cathode gas diffusion media of PEMFC with a non-isothermal, two-phase model

Y Xu, R Fan, G Chang, S Xu, T Cai - Energy Conversion and Management, 2021 - Elsevier
… distribution affects water transport in the … water. In the present work, a 1-D, non-isothermal,
two-phase model is employed to investigate the water transport in cathode gas diffusion layer (…

Water flow in, through, and around the gas diffusion layer

E Gauthier, Q Duan, T Hellstern, J Benziger - Fuel Cells, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
… on water flooding the GDL [1, 5, 8, 13–18]. Several investigators have reported saturation
curves from imbibing and draining water into the gas diffusion … for controlling water transport. …

Gas Diffusion Layers: Experimental and Modeling Approach for Morphological and Transport Properties

P Satjaritanun, S Shimpalee… - Accounts of Materials …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Water transport through the GDL can be directly observed by using X-ray CT. We have
published a series of works exploring water transport thought various GDLs using X-ray CT. (11,…

Investigation of the effects of the anisotropy of gas-diffusion layers on heat and water transport in polymer electrolyte fuel cells

H Ju - Journal of Power Sources, 2009 - Elsevier
… The aim of this work is to study the effects of gas-diffusion layer (GDL) anisotropy and the
spatial variation of contact resistance between GDLs and catalyst layers (CLs) on water and …

Numerical investigations on liquid water removal from the porous gas diffusion layer by reactant flow

JW Park, K Jiao, X Li - Applied Energy, 2010 - Elsevier
water transport in the gas diffusion layer. The simulation results indicate that liquid water can
be effectively removed from the gas diffusion … in flow channel and gas diffusion layer. The …

Visualization of liquid water transport in a PEFC

XG Yang, FY Zhang, AL Lubawy… - … and Solid-State Letters, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
… an excessive amount of water accumulated in the cell. If pores in the catalyst layer … gas
diffusion layer (GDL) are filled with liquid water, or if the gas channels are clogged by liquid water

Effects of the structure, wettability, and rib-channel width ratio on liquid water transport in gas diffusion layer using the lattice Boltzmann method

J Liao, G Yang, Q Shen, S Li, Z Jiang, H Wang… - Energy & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
water in the fuel cell, it will lead to “water flooding”. And the liquid water will block the pores
in the gas diffusion … of liquid water transport inside and at interface of gas diffusion and micro-…