Understanding single-phase water-management signatures in fuel-cell impedance spectra: A numerical study

A Kosakian, LP Urbina, A Heaman, M Secanell - Electrochimica Acta, 2020 - Elsevier
Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy is a powerful technique used in fuel-cell diagnosis
and characterization. A low-frequency inductive behavior may appear in the fuel-cell …

Estimation of relative transport properties in porous transport layers using pore-scale and pore-network simulations

S Jung, M Sabharwal, A Jarauta, F Wei… - Journal of The …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Improvements in imaging techniques have enabled the reconstruction of complex porous
media which can be analyzed by computer simulations. The two most popular methods for …

Impact of liquid-water accumulation and drainage cycles on fuel-cell performance and stability

A Kosakian, F Wei, J Zhou, S Jung, J Sharman… - Electrochimica …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract A transient, two-phase, 2D model of a proton-exchange-membrane fuel cell
(PEMFC) is developed and used to study liquid-water dynamics. Porous structure of the cell …

Design optimization and parameter estimation of a PEMFC using nature-inspired algorithms

L Blanco-Cocom, S Botello-Rionda, LC Ordonez… - Soft Computing, 2023 - Springer
Numerical simulation of proton-exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) requires an
adequate model and precise parameters for reproducing their operational performance …

A two-dimensional numerical model for the sliding motion of liquid drops by the particle finite element method

E Mahrous, RV Roy, A Jarauta, M Secanell - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Liquid drops sliding on surfaces are ubiquitous both in the natural and industrial world. The
prediction of such drop motions has far-reaching implications in many fields of application …

A reaction–convection–diffusion model for PEM fuel cells

L Blanco-Cocom, S Botello-Rionda, LC Ordoñez… - Finite Elements in …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present a novel 1D singularly perturbed reaction–convection–diffusion
mathematical model, with non-linear coefficients (SP-RCD model), for the physical modeling …

Comprehensive analysis of polysulfone membrane humidifier in hydrogen fuel cell vehicles: Experimental and theoretical approaches

J Kim, S Kim, H Chun, J Sim, SY Woo, S Kang… - Journal of Membrane …, 2025 - Elsevier
This study performed a comprehensive experimental and theoretical analysis of a shell-and-
tube type gas-to-gas humidifier module in a 95 kW class hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. The …

A particle finite element-based model for droplet spreading analysis

E Mahrous, A Jarauta, T Chan, P Ryzhakov… - Physics of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
A particle finite element method-based model is proposed to analyze droplet dynamics
problems, particularly droplet spreading on solid substrates (wetting). The model uses an …

How does porosity heterogeneity affect the transport properties of multibore filtration membranes?

D Wypysek, D Rall, T Neef, A Jarauta… - Journal of Membrane …, 2021 - Elsevier
The prediction of pressure and flow distributions inside porous membranes is important if the
geometry deviates from single-bore tubular geometries. This task remains challenging …

The influence of graphitization on the thermal conductivity of catalyst layers and temperature gradients in proton exchange membrane fuel cells

R Bock, H Karoliussen, BG Pollet, M Secanell… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
As the proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) has improved its performance and
power density, the efficiency has remained unchanged. With around half the reaction …