Thermal management of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells: A critical review of heat transfer mechanisms, cooling approaches, and advanced cooling …

Y Huang, X Xiao, H Kang, J Lv, R Zeng… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermal management plays a crucial role in enhancing the efficiency and durability of
polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). Cooling PEMFCs can be challenging …

Thermal management of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells: A review of cooling methods, material properties, and durability

Q Chen, G Zhang, X Zhang, C Sun, K Jiao, Y Wang - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells are a promising electrochemical energy
converter with an energy efficiency as high as 60%. Thermal management plays an …

Numerical study on heat transfer characteristics and performance evaluation of PEMFC based on multiphase electrochemical model coupled with cooling channel

B Chen, Q Deng, G Yang, Y Zhou, W Chen, Y Cai, Z Tu - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, a three-dimensional multi-phase proton exchange membrane fuel cell
(PEMFC) electrochemical model coupled with a cooling channel (CC) was developed, to …

Liquid cooling techniques in proton exchange membrane fuel cell stacks: A detailed survey

MHS Bargal, MAA Abdelkareem, Q Tao, J Li… - Alexandria Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) is a promising energy source in
the future of the transportation sector for powering automobiles instead of Internal …

A review on temperature control of proton exchange membrane fuel cells

Q Li, Z Liu, Y Sun, S Yang, C Deng - Processes, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper provides a comprehensive review of the temperature control in proton exchange
membrane fuel cells. Proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells inevitably emit a certain …

Three-dimensional multi-phase numerical study for the effect of coolant flow field designs on water and thermal management for the large-scale PEMFCs

X Liu, M Bai, Z Zhou, P Poramapojana, Y Li… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The multi-phase numerical study is performed for the large-scale proton exchange
membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) regarding coolant flow field design. In this study, three …

[HTML][HTML] Design and numerical investigation of multi-channel cooling plate for proton exchange membrane fuel cell

J Song, Y Huang, J Zeng, L Chen, Y Wu - Energy Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Proton exchange membrane fuel cells need cooling plates with strong heat exchange
capacity to maintain temperature balance. In order to obtain better cooling performance, four …

Thermal management for an air coolant system of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell using heat distribution optimization

WW Yuan, K Ou, YB Kim - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
This study aims to analyze the temperature characteristics of an air-cooled PEM (Polymer
Electrolyte Membrane) fuel cell and control its temperature distribution. A temperature …

Analysis of phase change material thermal effects in large-scale proton-exchange membrane fuel cell based on open-source computational fluid dynamics

I Sarani, B Xie, Z Bao, W Huo, X Li, Y Xu… - Applied Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, solid–liquid phase change materials (PCM) have been used in various
applications for thermal management. However, PCM thermal effects on proton-exchange …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical study of a MIMO-shaped cooling plate in PEMFC stack for heat transfer enhancement

X Chen, Q Liu, Y Fang, L He, T Huang, Y Zhang, Z Wan… - Energy reports, 2021 - Elsevier
During the operation of high-power proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell, huge heat
is generated in the chemical reaction, which need be removed by efficient cooling design …