A comprehensive study of the effect of bipolar plate (BP) geometry design on the performance of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells

T Wilberforce, Z El Hassan, E Ogungbemi… - … and sustainable energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Fuel cell efficiency is determined by many factors, including operational parameters such as
electrochemical kinetics, cell operating temperature, mass transport, flow rates and other …

Influence of geometric parameters of the flow fields on the performance of a PEM fuel cell. A review

AP Manso, FF Marzo, J Barranco, X Garikano… - International journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
The proton Exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) performance depends not only on many
factors including the operation conditions, transport phenomena inside the cell and kinetics …

Enhancement of mass transfer in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell with blockage in the flow channel

J Shen, Z Tu, SH Chan - Applied thermal engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Flow field design is very important for performance enhancement of a proton exchange
membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). The most common method for the evaluation of the improved …

Three-dimensional multiphase model of proton exchange membrane fuel cell with honeycomb flow field at the cathode side

SA Atyabi, E Afshari - Journal of cleaner production, 2019 - Elsevier
The performance of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMEC) depends on
appropriate design of the flow field, particularly at the cathode side of PEMEC. Uniform …

Performance studies of proton exchange membrane fuel cells with different flow field designs–review

M Marappan, K Palaniswamy, T Velumani… - The Chemical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) is majorly used for power
generation without producing any emission. In PEMFC, the water generated in the cathode …

Experimental and numerical analysis of a three-dimensional flow field for PEMFCs

W Li, Q Zhang, C Wang, X Yan, S Shen, G Xia, F Zhu… - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
It has been well recognized that both the performance and operation stability of proton
exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are closely associated with water transport and …

Progress on open cathode proton exchange membrane fuel cell: Performance, designs, challenges and future directions

JC Kurnia, BA Chaedir, AP Sasmito, T Shamim - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Fuel cell is considered as a promising candidate to replace internal combustion engine in
the future vehicles amid growing interest to lessen environment degradation due to fossil …

Influences of bipolar plate channel blockages on PEM fuel cell performances

H Heidary, MJ Kermani, B Dabir - Energy Conversion and Management, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper, the effect of partial-or full-block placement along the flow channels of PEM fuel
cells is numerically studied. Blockage in the channel of flow-field diverts the flow into the gas …

A review on water balance in the membrane electrode assembly of proton exchange membrane fuel cells

W Dai, H Wang, XZ Yuan, JJ Martin, D Yang… - International Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
Water balance has been proven to be critical not only for the performance but also for the
durability of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). This paper reviews …

Bio-inspired design of an auxiliary fishbone-shaped cathode flow field pattern for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

Y Wang, C Si, Y Qin, X Wang, Y Fan, Y Gao - Energy conversion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
A bio-inspired auxiliary fishbone-shaped flow field (AFFF) pattern is proposed and designed
at the cathode flow field plate (FFP) of polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells, in …