An Agglomerate Model for Evaluating the Electrochemical and Hydrodynamic Characteristics of a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell

Subject Areas : Journal of Simulation and Analysis of Novel Technologies in Mechanical Engineering

Pouya Barnoon ¹ , Davood Toghraie ² , Babak Mehmandosut ³ , Mohammad Ali Fazilati ⁴ , S. Ali Eftekhari ⁵

1 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Khomeinishahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khomeinishahr, Iran
2 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Khomeinishahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khomeinishahr, Iran
3 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Khomeinishahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khomeinishahr, Iran
4 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Khomeinishahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khomeinishahr, Iran
5 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Khomeinishahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khomeinishahr, Iran

Received: 2021-06-30 Accepted : 2021-07-06 Published : 2021-08-01

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