Applied research area

    I. Applied electrochemistry

I:6 Flow in solid polymer fuel cells

To be able to construct a high-performance fuel cell, the design of the flow channels in the bipolar plates of a fuel cell stack is critical. This flow pattern is very complex, since it is a two-phase flow involving both steam and liquid water. To be able to scale up the fuel cell from laboratory to full-size cells, it is necessary to understand the hydrodynamics of the fuel cell. The aim of this project is to develop a mathematical model to optimize the design of the bipolar plates and to contribute to a complete mathematical model of a single fuel cell, as well as a stack.

Researcher: Erik Birgersson
Supervisor: Michael Vynnycky

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Last modified:2001-06-25