Theory and practice of flow field designs for fuel cell scaling-up: A critical review

J Wang - Applied Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
It is a major challenge to transform a laboratory scale production of fuel cells to an industrial
scale in terms of throughput, operating lifetime, cost, reliability and efficiency. In spite of a …

System integration, durability and reliability of fuel cells: Challenges and solutions

J Wang - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
The technical challenges and obstacles to scaling-up of fuel cells are diverse, including
such issues as water, heat, materials, catalyst, and flow fields because of multiple chemical …

Theory of flow distribution in manifolds

J Wang - Chemical engineering journal, 2011 - Elsevier
Flows in manifolds are of great importance in quite diverse fields of science and technology,
including fuel cells, spargers, solar collectors, microchannels, porous infiltration and …

Pressure drop and flow distribution in parallel-channel configurations of fuel cells: U-type arrangement

J Wang - international journal of hydrogen energy, 2008 - Elsevier
An analytical model based on mass and momentum conservation has been developed to
solve the flow and pressure distribution in fuel cell stacks. While existing models neglected …

One-dimensional model of manifold microchannels for embedded cooling: Prediction of thermal performance and flow non-uniformity

H Lee, YJ Lee, SJ Kim - International Communications in Heat and Mass …, 2024 - Elsevier
A one-dimensional model has been developed to accurately predict the thermal
performance and flow non-uniformity of the manifold microchannels (MMC) for embedded …

Pressure drop and flow distribution in parallel-channel configurations of fuel cells: Z-type arrangement

J Wang - International journal of hydrogen energy, 2010 - Elsevier
A general theoretical model based on mass and momentum conservation has been
developed to solve the flow distribution and the pressure drop in Z-type configurations of fuel …

Flow‐field designs of bipolar plates in PEM fuel cells: theory and applications

J Wang, H Wang - Fuel cells, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
A generalized model developed by Wang was modified for flow field designs of the most
common layout configurations with U‐type arrangement, including single serpentine …

A key geometric parameter for the flow uniformity in planar solid oxide fuel cell stacks

W Bi, D Chen, Z Lin - international journal of hydrogen energy, 2009 - Elsevier
Intensive CFD calculations are performed for the flow distribution in planar solid oxide fuel
cell (SOFC) stacks with different number of cells. The calculations are based on 3D models …

Three-dimensional computational analysis of gas and heat transport phenomena in ducts relevant for anode-supported solid oxide fuel cells

J Yuan, M Rokni, B Sundén - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2003 - Elsevier
Various transport phenomena occurring in an anode duct of medium temperature solid
oxide fuel cell (SOFC) have been simulated and analyzed by a fully three-dimensional …

Discrete method for design of flow distribution in manifolds

J Wang, H Wang - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
Flow in manifold systems is encountered in designs of various industrial processes, such as
fuel cells, microreactors, microchannels, plate heat exchanger, and radial flow reactors. The …