Porous flow fields distribute fuel and oxygen for the electrochemical reactions of proton
exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells through their pore network instead of conventional …

Abstract The 3D (three-dimensional) multi-phase CFD (computational fluid dynamics) model
is widely utilized in optimizing water and thermal management of PEM (proton exchange …

The world continues to strive in the search for clean power sources to run the millions of
different vehicles on the road on daily basis as they are the main contributors to toxic …

With the increase of the production of power/energy from renewables it becomes much
important to look at methods and techniques to store this energy. In principle, the renewable …

This study reviews technical papers on transport and performance modeling of proton
exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells during the past few years. The PEM fuel cell is a …

Fuel cell efficiency is determined by many factors, including operational parameters such as
electrochemical kinetics, cell operating temperature, mass transport, flow rates and other …

Products with functional fluid channels can transfer mass or energy and have been widely
used in various fields, including aerospace, robotic, and biomedical applications. The …

In the present work, the performance of proton exchange membrane fuel cells is studied for
three cases; A fuel cell with two parallel flow channels (model A), locally baffle restricted flow …

Porous metals and carbonaceous materials have received increasing attention for
application in the polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) as the porous flow …

An improved agglomerate sub-model of catalyst layer (CL) involving actual agglomerate
size and oxygen local transport characteristics is developed and incorporated into a three …