Investigation of optimization and evaluation criteria for flow field in proton exchange membrane fuel cell: A critical review

Y Zhou, B Chen - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
The optimal design of the flow field is of great significance for the performance enhancement
and commercial application of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). The …

Flow field patterns for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

M Sauermoser, N Kizilova, BG Pollet… - Frontiers in Energy …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Flow field designs for the bipolar plates of the proton exchange membrane fuel cell are
reviewed; including the serpentine, parallel, interdigitated, mesh type or their mixtures …

The effect of flow field design parameters on the performance of PEMFC: A review

ST Bunyan, HA Dhahad, DS Khudhur, T Yusaf - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Proton exchange membrane fuel cell is essentially utilized to generate energy with zero
emission. There are many drawbacks in PEMFC, such as the mal-distribution of reactants …

Evaluation criterion of flow fields in PEM fuel cells based on entropy generation analysis

Q Ding, KQ Zhu, JH Xu, BX Zhang, YR Yang… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Two geometrical parameters, amplitude and wavelength, of the structure of the wavy-flow
field in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) were investigated on their impacts …

Numerical simulation of cooling performance of heat sink designed based on symmetric and asymmetric leaf veins

Y Peng, X Yang, Z Li, S Li, B Cao - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2021 - Elsevier
Improvements in electrical equipment urgently require corresponding high efficiencies of
heat-dissipation devices. The fractal tree-like network inserted in a heat sink to obtain an …

[HTML][HTML] Scaling factors for channel width variations in tree-like flow field patterns for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells-An experimental study

M Sauermoser, BG Pollet, N Kizilova… - international journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
To have a uniform distribution of reactants is an advantage to a fuel cell. We report results for
such a distributor with tree-like flow field plates (FFP). Numerical simulations have shown …

Performance and configuration optimization of proton exchange membrane fuel cell considering dual symmetric Tesla valve flow field

Y Zhang, S He, X Jiang, Z Wang, Y Wang, M Gu… - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Aiming at the advantages of Tesla valve channel (TVC), such as low resistance and smooth
flow, a new bionic-like channel structure with dual symmetric (DS) TVC as cathode is …

3D numerical simulation of metal bipolar plate proton exchange membrane fuel cell considering wavy interlaced flow field

Y Zhang, S He, M Gu, Y Wang, K Xiong… - Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A metal bipolar plate fuel cell (FC) composed of gas distribution zones (GDZ) with ordered
distribution of “dot matrix” structures, a complex waveform staggered fluid region, and the …

Investigation of liquid water behaviors inside a PEMFC cathode with a leaf-like biomimetic flow field design based on Murray's Law

DK Dang, B Zhou - International Journal of Green Energy, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Water management is the key to further improvement in the performance and durability of
proton electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). The flow field inside the bipolar plates has …

[HTML][HTML] Flow-field design of the bipolar plates in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell: Problem, progress, and perspective

Y Zhang, Z Tu - Applications in Energy and Combustion Science, 2024 - Elsevier
As a promising carbon-neutral technology, the polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell
(PEMFC) is gaining considerable attention over the past decades. Many problems in …