TY  - EJOU
AU  - Hasan, A. B. Mahmud  
AU  - Guo, S.M. 
AU  - Wahab, M.A. 

TI  - Fuel Cell Performance Augmentation: Gas Flow Channel Design for Fuel Optimization
T2  - Fluid Dynamics \& Materials Processing

PY  - 2009
VL  - 5
IS  - 4
SN  - 1555-2578

AB  - The effects of gas flow channel design were studied experimentally for increasing fuel cell performance and fuel optimization. Three types of gas flow channels (serpentine, straight and interdigitated) were designed on the basis of water flooding due to electrochemical reactions, electro-osmotic drag, etc. Experimental results indicate that the best cell performance can be obtained by arranging interdigitated gas flow channel at the anode side and serpentine gas flow channel at the cathode side. Detailed analysis on complex two phase water generation and electrochemical phenomena behind those results were analyzed in this work to find out the best design for gas flow channels.
KW  - Gas Flow Channel Design
KW  -  PEMFC
KW  -  Water Flooding
KW  -  Fuel Utilization Rate
KW  -  Gas Diffusion Layer (GDL)

DO  - 10.3970/fdmp.2009.005.399