Gas-diffusion-layer structural properties under compression via X-ray tomography

IV Zenyuk, DY Parkinson, LG Connolly… - Journal of Power Sources, 2016 - Elsevier
There is a need to understand the structure properties of gas-diffusion layers (GDLs) in order
to optimize their performance in various electrochemical devices. This information is …

Probing water distribution in compressed fuel-cell gas-diffusion layers using X-ray computed tomography

IV Zenyuk, DY Parkinson, G Hwang… - Electrochemistry …, 2015 - Elsevier
X-ray computed tomography was used to investigate geometrical land and channel effects
on spatial liquid-water distribution in gas-diffusion layers (GDLs) of polymer-electrolyte fuel …

Image-based modeling of spontaneous imbibition in porous media by a dynamic pore network model

CZ Qin, H van Brummelen, M Hefny, J Zhao - Advances in Water Resources, 2021 - Elsevier
The dynamic pore-network modeling, as an efficient pore-scale tool, has been used to
understand imbibition in porous media, which plays an important role in many subsurface …

Micro-scale analysis of liquid water breakthrough inside gas diffusion layer for PEMFC using X-ray computed tomography and lattice Boltzmann method

P Satjaritanun, JW Weidner, S Hirano… - Journal of The …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The main objective of this work is to predict the breakthrough pressure of liquid water
transport through the gas diffusion layer (GDL) and/or micro porous layer (MPL) used in …

Liquid water in cathode gas diffusion layers of PEM fuel cells: Identification of various pore filling regimes from pore network simulations

P Carrere, M Prat - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2019 - Elsevier
A pore network model (PNM) aiming at simulating the liquid water pore filling in the cathode
gas diffusion layer (GDL) in an operating PEM–fuel cell is presented. Compared to previous …

A (dual) network model for heat transfer in porous media: Toward efficient model concepts for coupled systems from fuel cells to heat exchangers

T Koch, K Weishaupt, J Müller, B Weigand… - Transport in Porous …, 2021 - Springer
We present a dual network model to simulate coupled single-phase flow and energy
transport in porous media including conditions under which local thermal equilibrium cannot …

Coupling continuum and pore-network models for polymer-electrolyte fuel cells

IV Zenyuk, E Medici, J Allen, AZ Weber - International Journal of Hydrogen …, 2015 - Elsevier
Three novel iterative methodologies for coupling continuum and pore-network models
(PNM) applied to polymer-electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs) are presented. The modeling …

Pore network modelling of condensation in gas diffusion layers of proton exchange membrane fuel cells

B Straubhaar, J Pauchet, M Prat - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2016 - Elsevier
A pore network model (PNM) is exploited to simulate the liquid water formation by vapour
condensation in the gas diffusion layer (GDL) on the cathode side considering the spatial …

A fully coupled multiscale phase-change model at the porous interface for transpiration cooling: coupling dynamics pore-scale networks to continuum-scale free flow

K **, J Zhao, G Yao, D Xu, D Wen - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2025 - Elsevier
Being a promising method for thermal protection system, transpiration cooling has received
wide interest recently. Numerical simulation for transpiration cooling, however, has been …

Experimental and pore-level numerical investigation of water evaporation in gas diffusion layers of polymer electrolyte fuel cells

MA Safi, NI Prasianakis, J Mantzaras… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
The liquid water generated by the electrochemical reaction in a polymer electrolyte fuel cell
(PEFC) can greatly affect the cell performance and/or efficiency. Phase change of the water …