Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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661379 | International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer | 2007 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
In this paper, a 3-D mathematical model incorporated with Fluent computer code is described to investigate the flow and heat transfer for developing laminar flow in the micro direct methanol fuel cell (μDMFC) with serpentine flow fields. The continuity, momentum, and energy equations are simultaneously solved by a general computational fluid dynamics code. Local, channel-mean, bended region-mean, and overall channel mean friction factors and Nusselt numbers were thus calculated and discussed. Finally, overall channel mean friction factor and Nusselt number were correlated in terms of the relevant parameters.
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Authors
Shou-Shing Hsieh, Bing-Shyan Her,