Evaluation and Optimization of Fuel Cell Performance
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 September 2024) | Viewed by 2668
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Fuel cells, particularly proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells, have become an important part of the energy mix schemes that can be used to replace some of the conventional fossil-fuels-fed energy devices due to their higher power densities, lower operating temperatures, and zero emission. PEM fuel cells have higher efficiencies in direct electrical energy conversion as they can directly convert the chemical energy of the fuel into productive work without involving any thermodynamic cycle. Moreover, their higher power densities and lower operating temperatures make them appropriate for automotive power systems as well as power generation devices for portable electronics and stationary units.
However, the high costs associated with manufacturing and performance testing of PEM fuel cells often make experimental studies uneconomical. Therefore, most research work on fuel cells is concerned with improving cell performance by maximizing efficiency while minimizing manufacturing and test costs through computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analyses. Therefore, modeling and simulation play a particularly important role in the development of fuel cell systems.
This Special Issue on “Evaluation and Optimization of Fuel Cell Performance” will curate novel advances in research which either use modeling and simulation as an important component of the analysis of fuel cell systems using either commercial or open source software or present the development of new and better models of fuel cell systems or fuel cell components. Advances obtained using experimental methods are also welcomed.
In order to maximize impact, cell-scale multiphase flow modelling of PEMFC based on fundamental processes of the complex two-phase transport, full-scale PEM fuel cell models as well as research articles using open-source software are particularly welcomed.
Topics include, but are not limited to:
- The development of models or simulations of the electrochemical performance of fuel cell units.
- Simulation techniques, software, algorithms, or other tools for the modeling and simulation of transport phenomena in fuel cell units.
- Water management in PEM fuel cells.
- Design, analysis, control, preparation, optimization, operation, and manufacturing innovation of fuel cell systems, including fuel cell units and their auxiliary equipment.
Thank you; I hope you consider participating in this Special Issue.
Dr. Xinyu Zhang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- modeling
- simulation
- multiphase flows
- fuel cells
- tools
- algorithms
- software
- design
- catalyst layer
- manufacture innovation
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