Investigation of optimization and evaluation criteria for flow field in proton exchange membrane fuel cell: A critical review

Y Zhou, B Chen - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
The optimal design of the flow field is of great significance for the performance enhancement
and commercial application of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). The …

Flow field bipolar plates in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell: Analysis & modeling

H Kahraman, MF Orhan - Energy Conversion and Management, 2017 - Elsevier
This study investigates flow fields and flow field plates (bipolar plates) in proton exchange
membrane fuel cells. In this regard, the main design considerations and limitations for a flow …

Progress and Understanding of CO2/CO Electroreduction in Flow Electrolyzers

D Wu, F Jiao, Q Lu - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
The electroreduction of CO2 and CO into valuable chemicals and fuels powered by
renewable electricity can tackle anthropogenic carbon emissions and close the carbon …

Enhancement effects of the obstacle arrangement and gradient height distribution in serpentine flow-field on the performances of a PEMFC

Y Wang, ZY Sun, L Yang - Energy Conversion and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
The structure of flow-filed in the cathode-side channel played an important role to the
performances of proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) since it significantly …

Influences of bipolar plate channel blockages on PEM fuel cell performances

H Heidary, MJ Kermani, B Dabir - Energy Conversion and Management, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper, the effect of partial-or full-block placement along the flow channels of PEM fuel
cells is numerically studied. Blockage in the channel of flow-field diverts the flow into the gas …

Biomimetic flow fields for proton exchange membrane fuel cells: A review of design trends

A Iranzo, CH Arredondo, AM Kannan, F Rosa - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Bipolar Plate design is one of the most active research fields in Polymer Electrolyte
Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs) development. Bipolar Plates are key components for …

Theory and practice of flow field designs for fuel cell scaling-up: A critical review

J Wang - Applied Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
It is a major challenge to transform a laboratory scale production of fuel cells to an industrial
scale in terms of throughput, operating lifetime, cost, reliability and efficiency. In spite of a …

Flow field patterns for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

M Sauermoser, N Kizilova, BG Pollet… - Frontiers in Energy …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Flow field designs for the bipolar plates of the proton exchange membrane fuel cell are
reviewed; including the serpentine, parallel, interdigitated, mesh type or their mixtures …

A review on water fault diagnosis of PEMFC associated with the pressure drop

P Pei, Y Li, H Xu, Z Wu - Applied Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
The pressure difference between the inlet and outlet of the reactant in fuel cells is called the
pressure drop, which is related to the water amount inside the fuel cells. In recent years …

Application of porous materials for the flow field in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

Y Zhang, Y Tao, J Shao - Journal of Power Sources, 2021 - Elsevier
Porous metals and carbonaceous materials have received increasing attention for
application in the polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) as the porous flow …