Challenges in computational modeling of two-phase transport in polymer electrolyte fuel cells flow channels: a review

A Jarauta, P Ryzhakov - Archives of Computational Methods in …, 2018 - Springer
Excess of liquid water in gas channels of polymer electrolyte fuel cells is responsible for
malfunctioning of these devices. Not only it decreases their efficiency via partial blockage of …

Computational ElectroHydroDynamics in microsystems: A Review of Challenges and Applications

C Narváez-Muñoz, AR Hashemi, MR Hashemi… - … Methods in Engineering, 2024 - Springer
The principle of electrohydrodynamics (EHD) processes relies on manipulating fluids using
electric forces. The advantage of EHD over other fluid manipulation approaches, such as …

An enriched finite element/level-set method for simulating two-phase incompressible fluid flows with surface tension

MR Hashemi, PB Ryzhakov, R Rossi - Computer Methods in Applied …, 2020 - Elsevier
A finite element method is introduced to simulate surface tension dominated flow of two
immiscible fluids featuring an enriched space for capturing both strong and weak pressure …

An enriched finite element/level-set model for two-phase electrohydrodynamic simulations

C Narváez-Muñoz, MR Hashemi, PB Ryzhakov… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
In this work, a numerical model for the simulation of two-phase electrohydrodynamic (EHD)
problems is proposed. It is characterized by a physically consistent treatment of surface …

Virtual liquid water intrusion in fuel cell gas diffusion media

M Sabharwal, JT Gostick… - Journal of The …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
A cluster based full morphology (CFM) model is developed to predict liquid water intrusion in
GDLs. The CFM model is used to simulate water intrusion into a dry GDL microstructure …

An implicit surface tension model for the analysis of droplet dynamics

A Jarauta, P Ryzhakov, J Pons-Prats… - Journal of Computational …, 2018 - Elsevier
A Lagrangian incompressible fluid flow model is extended by including an implicit surface
tension term in order to analyze droplet dynamics. The Lagrangian framework is adopted to …

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 …

An explicit–implicit finite element model for the numerical solution of incompressible Navier–Stokes equations on moving grids

J Marti, PB Ryzhakov - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper an efficient mesh-moving Finite Element model for the simulation of the
incompressible flow problems is proposed. The model is based on a combination of the …

Numerical study of droplet dynamics in a polymer electrolyte fuel cell gas channel using an embedded Eulerian-Lagrangian approach

A Jarauta, P Ryzhakov, M Secanell… - Journal of Power …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract An embedded Eulerian-Lagrangian formulation for the simulation of droplet
dynamics within a polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) channel is presented. Air is modeled …

A finite element model for fluid–structure interaction problems involving closed membranes, internal and external fluids

PB Ryzhakov, E Onate - Computer methods in applied mechanics and …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this paper we propose a Finite Element model for analyzing closed membranes (“bags”)
interacting with internal and external (surrounding) fluids. The approach is based on …