Article
Prediction of Methanol and Water Fluxes through a Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Polymer Electrolyte Membrane
Electrochimica Acta
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-2005
Abstract
Development of a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) mass flux model, using conventional transport theory, is presented and used to predict the fluid phase superficial velocity, methanol and water molar fluxes, and the chemical species (methanol and water) dimensionless concentration profiles in the polymer electrolyte membrane, Nafion® 117, of a DMFC. Implementation of these equations is illustrated to generate the numerical data as functions of the variables such as the pressure difference across the membrane, methanol concentration at the cell anode, temperature, and position in the membrane.
Inclusive pages
3985–3991
ISBN/ISSN
0013-4686
Copyright
Copyright © 2005, Elsevier
Publisher
Elsevier
Peer Reviewed
Yes
Disciplines
Citation Information
Sarwan S. Sandhu, R. O. Crowther and Joseph P. Fellner. "Prediction of Methanol and Water Fluxes through a Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Polymer Electrolyte Membrane" Electrochimica Acta Vol. 50 Iss. 19 (2005) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/sarwan_sandhu/24/
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