A study on using metal foam as coolant fluid distributor in the polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell
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- 作者：Ebrahim Afshari ; e.afshari@eng.ui.ac.ir" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Masoud Ziaei-Rad ; Zahra Shariati
- 关键词：PEM fuel cell ; Cooling flow field ; Metal foam ; Uniform temperature distribution ; Pressure drop
- 刊名：International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：21 January 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：41
- 期：3
- 页码：1902-1912
- 全文大小：3238 K
文摘
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Metal foam is utilized as coolant fluid distributor in the PEMFC.
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Performances of four coolant flow field designs are investigated and compared.
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The metal foam structure is realized to be the best model in many thermal indices.
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The coolant experiences low pressure drop in metal foam structure.