... 1 Copyright © 2012 by ASME THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF AN AIR-COOLED PEM FUEL CELL: CELL LEVEL SIMULATION M. Andisheh Tadbir Mechatronic Systems Engineering Simon Fraser University BC,Canada [email protected] S. Shahsavari Mechatronic Systems Engineering Simon Fraser University BC, Canada [email protected]...

... 23 03 2012 Effects of mechanical compression and PTFE content on the through-plane gas permeability of gas diffusion layers (GDLs) of PEM fuel cells are investigated both experimentally and theoretically. A new test bed is designed and built which allows pressure drop and air flow rate...

... challenge. PEM fuel cell Air cooling Thermal management Forced convection Heat transfer Numerical modeling Computational Analysis of Heat Transfer in Air-cooled Fuel Cells S. Shahsavari Mechatronic Systems Engineering, School of Engineering Science, Simon Fraser University, BC, Canada sshahsav...

... 23 03 2012 A one-dimensional, steady-state, two-phase, isothermal numerical simulations were performed to investigate the effect on cell performance of a PEM fuel cell under non-uniform porosity of gas diffusion layer. In the simulation, the non-uniform porosity of gas diffusion layer...

...). Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Diagnosis PEM fuel cell Stack 1 FINAL PAPER Proceedings of the ASME 2010 Eight International Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology Conference FuelCell2010 June 14-16, 2010, Brooklyn, New York, USA Paper Number: FuelCell2010-33232 A New High Voltage Impedance...

...OPTIMUM DESIGN OF O-RING SHAPES FOR A PEM FUEL CELL STACK WITH CARBON BASED BIPOLAR PLATES Tien-Tung Chung 1 , Chin-Te Lin 1 , Huan-Ruei Shiu 2 , Kuei-Han Chen 2 , Chi-Chang Chen 2 , Chih-Yun Lu 1 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan, ttchung...

[email protected] 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan, [email protected] ABSTRACT Endplate design is important to the structural safety and the performance of the proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells. In this paper, an organized design and analysis method...

... PEM fuel cell Dynamic operation nonlinear system Parameters identification Models comparison The energy generated by PEM fuel cells can be used in many different applications with emphasis to commercial power generation and automotive application. It requires the integration of various...

... This paper studies the analysis and design of a proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell stack. The aim of this study is to recognize the structural behaviour of PEM fuel cell under the steady state operation by using finite element analysis (FEA). First, the solid model of the PEM fuel cell...

... This paper investigated the effects of gas and liquid water flow on the performance of a polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell using cells to allow direct observation of the phenomena in the cell and measurements of the local current density and the local pressure loss. The experimental...

... is observed between the data and the model predictions for a wide range of contacting pressures and materials. Contact Resistance PEM Fuel Cell Gas Diffusion Layer Bipolar Plate Fractal Surface Theoretical Modeling Second International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology...

... Cooling system is essential for high power fuel cells to maintain cells temperature in an acceptable limit. In this paper a suitable cooling system for the PEM fuel cell has been designed and optimized. The design includes the number of the cooling plates, the proper circuit of the cooling...

... resistance, flooding, drying TRODUCTION perating conditions, such as pressure, temperature, flow rates nd humidity of reactant gases, have a great effect on PEM fuel ell performance. In general, performance of a PEM fuel cell is able in a relatively narrow operational conditions window. drop exceeds...

..., covering larger area of the surface of gas diffusion layer in the hydrophobic separator-channels, but the drain performance of liquid water is superior. PEM fuel cell Lattice Boltzmann method Two-phase flow Wettability wetta the li nels, and, diffu hand surfa chan K phas INTR W perfo (PEM main...

... PEM Fuel cell Microforming size effect formability PEM fuel cells are promising candidate as most environmentally friendly power source for transport and stationary cogeneration applications due to its high efficiency, high power density, fast startup and system robustness. But the PEM...

... Intermediate Temperature PEM Fuel Cell Mathematical Modeling Polybenzimidazole PBI A parametric model of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) operating with a polybenzimidazole (PBI) membrane is presented. The model is three dimensional and applicable for PEMFCs operating...

... PEM Fuel Cell CFD Performance Efficiency Proton Exchange Membrane fuel cells are receiving a great deal of attention due to their low-temperature characteristics and environmental friendliness. Significant research has been conducted towards understanding and perfecting these devices so...

... OSRM Hydrogen production PEM fuel cell The performance of Cu-Ce-Al-oxide and Cu-Cr-Al-oxide catalysts of varying compositions prepared by co-precipitation method was evaluated for the PEM fuel cell grade hydrogen production via oxidative steam reforming of methanol (OSRM...