Investigation of liquid water heterogeneities in large area proton exchange membrane fuel cells using a Darcy two-phase flow model in a multiphysics code

Proper management of the liquid water and heat produced in proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells remains crucial to increase both its performance and durability. In this study, a two-phase flow and multicomponent model, called two-fluid model, is developed in the commercial COMSOL Multiphysics® software to investigate the liquid water heterogeneities in large area PEM fuel cells, considering the real flow fields in the bipolar plate. A macroscopic pseudo-3D multi-layers approach has been chosen and generalized Darcy's relation is used both in the membrane-electrode assembly (MEA) and in the channel. The model considers two-phase flow and gas convection and diffusion coupled with electrochemistry and water transport through the membrane. The numerical results are compared to one-fluid model results and liquid water measurements obtained by neutron imaging for several operating conditions. Finally, according to the good agreement between the two-fluid and experimentation results, the numerical water distribution is examined in each component of the cell, exhibiting very heterogeneous water thickness over the cell surface.     

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Currency exchanges rates – updated monthly. Economic indicators of industrial production. Countries included: France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Japan (Total G-7), Eurozone and Total EU-28 (Total OECD). Updated monthly. Economic indicators of car registration in the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Japan, Republic of Korea and Other OECD (Total OECD-30). Updated monthly. Monthly averages of crude steel production in thousand metric tons for the United States, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Russia, Ukraine, South Africa, Iran, China, India, Japan, Republic of Korea, Taiwan and Australia.     

Economic Indicators

Currency exchanges rates – updated monthly. Economic indicators of industrial production. Countries included: France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Japan (Total G-7), Eurozone and Total EU-28 (Total OECD). Updated monthly. Economic indicators of car registration in the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Japan, Republic of Korea and Other OECD (Total OECD-30). Updated monthly. Monthly averages of crude steel production in thousand metric tons for the United States, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Russia, Ukraine, South Africa, Iran, China, India, Japan, Republic of Korea, Taiwan and Australia.     

Economic Indicators

Currency exchanges rates – updated monthly. Economic indicators of industrial production. Countries included: France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Japan (Total G-7), Eurozone and Total EU-28 (Total OECD). Updated monthly. Economic indicators of car registration in the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Japan, Republic of Korea and Other OECD (Total OECD-30). Updated monthly. Monthly averages of crude steel production in thousand metric tons for the United States, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Russia, Ukraine, South Africa, Iran, China, India, Japan, Republic of Korea, Taiwan and Australia.     

Exchange and oxidation of CO on O-predosed Rh---Al2O3 and Rh---CeO2 catalysts

Exchange and oxidation of C¹⁶O were investigated at 450°C on ¹⁸O-predosed Rh and Pt catalysts supported on A1₂O₃, CeO₂ and CeO₂-Al₂O₃. In all cases, a rapid exchange of C¹⁶O with the surface can be observed. CO oxidation leads to C¹⁶O₂, C¹⁶O¹⁸O and C¹⁸O₂. Significant formation of C¹⁶O₂ is due to the relatively high ¹⁶O coverage in reaction resulting from the C¹⁶O exchange and from an exchange between O surface species and ¹⁶O internal atoms. Hydrogen is also formed via a water-gas shift reaction (CO + surface OH) in higher proportion on CeO₂-containing catalysts than on A1₂O₃. Chlorine inhibits all the reactions (exchange, oxidation and WGS) and particularly the internal exchange.     

学术交流档案管理工作

随着人才培养模式的推陈出新,学术交流作为文化交流的方式,促进教师队伍共同发展。本文分析了学术交流档案的内容、重要性,对学术交流档案管理提出了几点建议：建立并完善学术交流档案管理体制;加强培训档案管理专业知识;加强学术交流成果展示;将信息化建设引入到学术交流档案管理中。     

中国机械工程学会铸造分会创建40周年回顾

对中国机械工程学会铸造分会成立40年来的各种工作进行了回顾和总结，将学会的工作分为3个阶段，即初创阶段、恢复阶段和成长阶段，对各阶段铸造分会理事会的组成，组织的学术年会、国际会议、编辑出版工作、展览（展示）活动、国际交流等进行了回顾。     

基于无线传感器网络的动态手势识别算法及动态演示

与语言文字一样,手势是人类沟通交流的重要方式。在计算机技术高速发展的现在,手势识别技术的出现,能大大提高用户与机器设备、计算机部件之间的交流效率。现在采用摄像头跟踪进行手势识别的技术已经使用一段时间,但是其对硬件的要求高、分析的数据大,使得其产品相对昂贵或者识别能力不够强。与摄像头跟踪技术相比,基于无线传感器网络的手势识别速度更快,价格更便宜并且实用。通过对移动终端设计一套手势识别的算法,利用无线传感器网络实现用手机终端操作计算机的终端的一系列复杂命令。实验证明,该算法适用于大型游戏操作和平台展示,使用户不用通过购买相关硬件直接安装使用。     

面向安全的WTLS扩展协议的改进与仿真

针对WTLS可能受到的几种主动攻击进行分析,而新一代移动商务的发展也对WTLS的安全性提出更高的要求,为此需要找出WTLS的安全漏洞,在这个基础上对扩展WTLS协议进行分析以及改进,使得协议具有更高的安全性能。分析WAP安全架构中WTLS的安全性问题,根据数据的机密性、完整性在移动电话和其他无线终端中完成授权鉴定,在此基础上针对漏洞提出解决方案,改进后的协议增加一个颁发证书的过程。通过案例证明该协议的安全性。仿真实验数据表明,WTLS协议是一个更高安全性的协议,在无线通信网络中有着重要的价值和研究意义。     

横掠椭圆钉头管换热及流阻特性的实验研究

利用热质比拟原理及萘升华技术 ,对空气横掠椭圆钉头管时的对流换热及流阻特性进行了研究。对管面上及椭圆钉头上的对流换热系数分别进行了测量 ,通过计算得到总体换热系数及流动阻力的实验关联式。实验结果表明 ,椭圆钉头管的对流换热系数高于光管 ,在实验规定的雷诺数范围内 ,椭圆钉头管的流阻小于圆形钉头管 ,有时也低于光管