Energy efficiency improvements by investigating the water flooding management on proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC)

OS Ijaodola, Z El-Hassan, E Ogungbemi, FN Khatib… - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper presents a broad study of research work associated with the effect of water
flooding and management in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFC) which …

Bio-inspired flow channel designs for proton exchange membrane fuel cells: a review

S Zhang, H Xu, Z Qu, S Liu, FK Talkhoncheh - Journal of Power Sources, 2022 - Elsevier
The bipolar plates in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) perform several
significant functions, and the flow channel design of these bipolar plates is one of the most …

Lattice Boltzmann method modeling and experimental study on liquid water characteristics in the gas diffusion layer of proton exchange membrane fuel cells

M Yang, Y Jiang, J Liu, S Xu, A Du - International Journal of Hydrogen …, 2022 - Elsevier
Water transport through the gas diffusion layer (GDL) is vital to proton exchange membrane
fuel cells (PEMFCs), especially under flooding conditions. In this paper, a two-dimensional …

Effect of gas diffusion layer thickness on liquid water transport characteristics in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

DH Jeon - Journal of power Sources, 2020 - Elsevier
Researchers worldwide endeavor to develop the thinner gas diffusion layers (GDLs), which
are enabling to achieve high power-density polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells …

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
The gas diffusion layer (GDL) plays a key role in water management. The effects of the
structure, wettability, and rib-channel width ratio on liquid water transport in GDL are studied …

Effect of channel-rib width on water transport behavior in gas diffusion layer of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

DH Jeon - Journal of Power Sources, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Design parameters of bipolar plate are greatly influencing the mass transfer in
polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. Water accumulation in the catalyst layer and gas …

Experimental and simulation analysis of liquid capillary fingering process in the gas diffusion layer

L Zhang, S Liu, Z Wang, R Li - Journal of Power Sources, 2023 - Elsevier
In a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC), water movement through the gas
diffusion layer (GDL) is essential for water management. Using a combination of …

Pore-scale parametric sensitivity analysis of liquid water transport in the gas diffusion layer of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell

T Lai, Z Qu - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Water management in the gas diffusion layer (GDL) is crucial for improving the performance
of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). In this study, a modified stochastic …

Investigating liquid water transport in different pore structure of gas diffusion layers for PEMFC using lattice boltzmann method

M Sepe, P Satjaritanun, S Hirano… - Journal of The …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) require a gas diffusion layer (GDL) to aid in
the transport of liquid fuel to the catalyst layer. In this work, direct modeling using the Lattice …

The impact of micro porous layer on liquid water evolution inside pemfc using lattice Boltzmann method

M Sepe, P Satjaritanun, IV Zenyuk… - Journal of the …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) require a gas diffusion layer to aid in fuel
transport to the catalyst sites. A microporous layer (MPL) is often added to the GDL to …