Fundamental models for fuel cell engineering

CY Wang - Chemical reviews, 2004 - ACS Publications
Owing to their high energy efficiency, low pollution, and low noise, fuel cells are widely
regarded as 21st century energy-conversion devices for mobile, stationary, and portable …

Modeling transport in polymer-electrolyte fuel cells

AZ Weber, J Newman - Chemical reviews, 2004 - ACS Publications
Fuel cells may become the energy-delivery devices of the 21st century. Although there are
many types of fuel cells, polymer-electrolyte fuel cells are receiving the most attention for …

Effective diffusivity and water-saturation distribution in single-and two-layer PEMFC diffusion medium

JH Nam, M Kaviany - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2003 - Elsevier
The formation–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 …

Theoretical model and experimental analysis of a high pressure PEM water electrolyser for hydrogen production

F Marangio, M Santarelli, M Calì - International journal of hydrogen energy, 2009 - Elsevier
This work aims at analysing the performances of a prototype of a high pressure Polymer
Electrolyte Membrane water electrolyser. The whole work was funded in the framework of …

Transport in polymer-electrolyte membranes: II. Mathematical model

AZ Weber, J Newman - Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
A mathematical model is developed that is based on our previous physical model. The
governing equations are presented for both the vapor-and liquid-equilibrated transport …

An overview of polymer electrolyte membrane electrolyzer for hydrogen production: Modeling and mass transport

AHA Rahim, AS Tijani, SK Kamarudin… - Journal of Power Sources, 2016 - Elsevier
Polymer electrolyte membrane electrolyzer (PEME) is a candidate for advanced engineering
technology. There are many polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) models that …

A single-phase, non-isothermal model for PEM fuel cells

H Ju, H Meng, CY Wang - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2005 - Elsevier
A proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell produces a similar amount of waste heat to its
electric power output, and tolerates a small temperature deviation from its design point for …

A two-dimensional, two-phase, multicomponent, transient model for the cathode of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell using conventional gas distributors

D Natarajan, T Van Nguyen - Journal of the Electrochemical …, 2001 - iopscience.iop.org
A two-dimensional, two-phase, multicomponent, transient model was developed for the
cathode of the proton exchange membrane fuel cell. Gas transport was addressed by …

Review of computational heat and mass transfer modeling in polymer-electrolyte-membrane (PEM) fuel cells

C Siegel - Energy, 2008 - Elsevier
Many computational fluid dynamics polymer-electrolyte-membrane fuel cell models have
been presented over the last few decades. A detailed literature overview of models, ranging …

Numerical investigation of the coupled water and thermal management in PEM fuel cell

TF Cao, H Lin, L Chen, YL He, WQ Tao - Applied energy, 2013 - Elsevier
Water and thermal managements are the most important issue in the operation and
optimization of proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). A three-dimensional, two …