2008 Annual Meeting

Session: Fuel Cell Performance, Durability, and Water Transport

This session is on fuel cell performance, durability, and water transport in PEM fuel cells.

Chair

Ken S. Chen, Sandia National Laboratories Engineering Sciences Center

Co-Chair

P.-C. Sui, Institute for Integrated Energy Systems, University of Victoria

Presentations

03:15 PM

(538a) Water Problems In PEM Fuel Cells
Zhong-Sheng (Simon) Liu, Qianpu Wang, Datong Song, Cheng Huang, Michael Eikerling, Kourosh Malek, Zetao Xia, Javier Gazzarri, Marc Secanell

03:45 PM

(538b) Water Transport Characteristics of Gas Diffusion Layer in a PEM Fuel Cell
Ashok S. Damle, Vernon Cole

04:05 PM

(538c) 3-D Modeling of a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell with Anisotropic Material Properties
P.-C. Sui, Sanjiv Kumar, Ned Djilali

04:25 PM

(538d) On the Effects of Non-Uniform Property Distribution Due to Compression in the Gas Diffusion Layer of a Pemfc
Pei-Hung Chi

04:45 PM

(538e) Development of Cathode Air Filters for PEM Fuel Cell Using Microfibrous Entrapped Sorbents
Abhijeet G. Phalle, Vivekanand Gaur, Bruce Tatarchuk

05:05 PM

(538f) A Predictive Pressure Drop Model for a Designing and Optimizing Cathode Air Filters
Ryan A. Sothen, Bruce Tatarchuk

05:25 PM

(538g) A Numerical Investigation on the Flow, Thermal and Electrical Coupling in a Pemfc Stack
P.-C. Sui, Ned Djilali