This paper has provided an innovative aspect in the heat transfer of fuel-cell related studies. A heat/mass coupled modeling approach is presented to predict the transport phenomena inside the porous electrode of a fuel cell. The energy equations based on the local thermal non-equilibrium (LTNE) is derived to resolve the temperature difference between the solid and fluid phases inside the porous electrode. The surface heat transfer is coupled with the species transports via a macroscopic electrochemical model on the reaction boundary. A general criterion for the local thermal non-equilibrium in porous electrodes is first proposed in terms of non-dimensional parameters of engineering importance. Then, the significance of local thermal non-equilibrium in a typical porous electrode is assessed. Furthermore, detailed distributions of the local temperature, local Nusselt number, species concentration, and electric current density inside the porous electrode of fuel cells are presented. Finally, the effect of LTNE parameters on the thermal-fluid behaviors in the porous electrode is investigated.
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ASME 2005 Summer Heat Transfer Conference collocated with the ASME 2005 Pacific Rim Technical Conference and Exhibition on Integration and Packaging of MEMS, NEMS, and Electronic Systems
July 17–22, 2005
San Francisco, California, USA
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- Heat Transfer Division and Electronic and Photonic Packaging Division
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Heat Transfer in a Porous Cathode of Fuel Cells Available to Purchase
J. J. Hwang
J. J. Hwang
Mingdao University, Changhua, Taiwan
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J. J. Hwang
Mingdao University, Changhua, Taiwan
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HT2005-72731, pp. 37-45; 9 pages
Published Online:
March 9, 2009
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Hwang, JJ. "Heat Transfer in a Porous Cathode of Fuel Cells." Proceedings of the ASME 2005 Summer Heat Transfer Conference collocated with the ASME 2005 Pacific Rim Technical Conference and Exhibition on Integration and Packaging of MEMS, NEMS, and Electronic Systems. Heat Transfer: Volume 4. San Francisco, California, USA. July 17–22, 2005. pp. 37-45. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/HT2005-72731
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