Review of Flow maldistribution in channels of PEMFC stacks

PEM fuel cell stacks are widely studied for their own advantages. The flow maidistribution during unit cells may severely influence the fuel cell stack performance. The researches on flow maidistribution in PEMFC stacks are limited, and investigation results are unsystematic, scattered, and some even contrary. So it is necessary to review and summarize the previous concerned papers, and try to get some methods or guidelines for reducing the flow maldistribution in channels of PEMFC stack. In this project, the previous literatures concerned flow maidistribution in PEMFC stacks are reviewed. The effects of the arrangement of flow configurations, design parameters and operation conditions on flow maidistribution are summarized. Some suggestions are presented to reduce the flow maidistribution in PEMFC stacks.

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