A review of recent development: Transport and performance modeling of PEM fuel cells

HW Wu - Applied energy, 2016 - Elsevier
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 …

Stainless steel bipolar plates for proton exchange membrane fuel cells: Materials, flow channel design and forming processes

Y Leng, P Ming, D Yang, C Zhang - Journal of power sources, 2020 - Elsevier
Bipolar plate (BPP) is a key component for proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC)
stack. Stainless steel BPPs possess high electrical and thermal conductivity, good gas …

Characteristics of proton exchange membrane fuel cell considering “dot matrix” gas distribution zones and waveform staggered flow field with cooling channels

Z Yong, H Shirong, J Xiaohui, Y Yuntao, X Mu… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Conventional three-dimensional (3D) computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
simulations of proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) are limited to the single …

A numerical study on the performance of PEMFC with wedge-shaped fins in the cathode channel

S Zhang, Z Qu, H Xu, FK Talkhoncheh, S Liu… - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The gas flow field design has a significant influence on the overall performance of a proton
exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). A single-channel PEMFC with wedge-shaped fins …

Enhancement effects of the obstacle arrangement and gradient height distribution in serpentine flow-field on the performances of a PEMFC

Y Wang, ZY Sun, L Yang - Energy Conversion and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
The structure of flow-filed in the cathode-side channel played an important role to the
performances of proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) since it significantly …

Flow field bipolar plates in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell: Analysis & modeling

H Kahraman, MF Orhan - Energy Conversion and Management, 2017 - Elsevier
This study investigates flow fields and flow field plates (bipolar plates) in proton exchange
membrane fuel cells. In this regard, the main design considerations and limitations for a flow …

Channel to rib width ratio influence with various flow field designs on performance of PEM fuel cell

Y Kerkoub, A Benzaoui, F Haddad, YK Ziari - Energy Conversion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
A three dimensional (CFD) model is applied to investigate the effect of geometry designs
and dimensions of the flow field on the performance of PEM fuel cells with an area of 5.1× …

Mass transfer and water management in proton exchange membrane fuel cells with a composite foam-rib flow field

W Gao, Q Li, K Sun, R Chen, Z Che, T Wang - International Journal of Heat …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mass transfer capability of reactants and hydrothermal management is important for the
performance and durability of proton exchange membrane fuel cells. In the conventional rib …

Design optimization of proton exchange membrane fuel cell bipolar plate

T Wilberforce, AG Olabi, D Monopoli, M Dassisti… - Energy Conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The bipolar plate geometry design is one of the fuel cell's key features that determines the
cell's power. It equally has a direct correlation to the thermal and water management of the …

Optimization design of the cathode flow channel for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

L Fan, Z Niu, G Zhang, K Jiao - Energy conversion and management, 2018 - Elsevier
Two novel cathode channel designs (multi-plates structure channel and integrated structure
channel) are proposed and investigated by a three-dimensional multiphase numerical …