A review of water management in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

M Ji, Z Wei - Energies, 2009 - mdpi.com
At present, despite the great advances in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC)
technology over the past two decades through intensive research and development …

Liquid water visualization in PEM fuel cells: A review

A Bazylak - International journal of hydrogen energy, 2009 - Elsevier
Over the past few years, the importance of water management to the successful operation of
polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells has stimulated an extensive research focus …

The effects of flow-field orientation on water management in PEM fuel cells with serpentine channels

M Ashrafi, M Shams - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
A numerical scheme for the effect of flow-field orientation on water management in PEM fuel
cell is developed. Since there are limitations on the location of proton exchange membrane …

Investigation of droplet dynamic in PEMFCs gas diffusion layer and gas channel with Micro-CT and lattice Boltzmann method

X Lv, Z Zhou, WT Wu, L Wei, L Gao, J Lyu, C Hu, Y Li… - Fuel, 2025 - Elsevier
This study reconstructed the 3D structure of the gas diffusion layer (GDL) in proton exchange
membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) using micro-CT technology and analyzed the droplet …

Microscale and macroscale aspects of water management challenges in PEM fuel cells

SG Kandlikar - Heat Transfer Engineering, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Water management is critical to the successful implementation of proton exchange
membrane (PEM) fuel cells in the automotive transportation sector. Liquid water appears in …

Quantification of water in hydrophobic and hydrophilic flow channels subjected to gas purging via neutron imaging

HY Tang, A Santamaria, JW Park, C Lee… - Journal of Power …, 2011 - Elsevier
Water removal from an idle fuel cell is an important issue for start-up/shutdown down under
cold temperature conditions. In our study, we performed an in-situ neutron imaging for a …

A Triple Bioinspired Surface Based on Perfluorodecyl Trimethoxysilane-Coated ZnO Nanosheets for Self-Driven Water Transport in a Flow Channel

Z Liu, T Zhao, W Fan, X Men, K Jiang… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Water management is important for the bipolar plates of proton-exchange membrane fuel
cells (PEMFCs), and active drainage is a desirable feature for the design of bipolar plate …

Predictions of flow regimes in proton exchange membrane fuel cells: An analytical approach

P Rahimian, R Anderson, L Zhang - International Journal of Hydrogen …, 2017 - Elsevier
Water management in proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells still remains a topic of
much investigation in order to maintain satisfactory cell performance. One specific water …

Experimental and numerical comparison of water transport in untreated and treated diffusion layers of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells

M Shahraeeni, M Hoorfar - Journal of power sources, 2013 - Elsevier
In this paper, a fluorescein solution is injected into the gas diffusion layer (GDL) of a PEM
fuel cell to simulate water flow through the porous medium under flooding conditions. The …

Water vapor and carbon dioxide species measurements in narrow channels

S Basu, DE Lambe, R Kumar - International journal of heat and mass …, 2010 - Elsevier
Classical spectroscopic techniques have been applied in a novel manner to measure the
concentration of gas species, water vapor and carbon dioxide, within a narrow channel flow …