Cover -- Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells Modeling -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Nomenclature -- PART 1: STATE OF THE ART: OF FUEL CELLS MODELING -- Chapter 1. General Introduction -- 1.1. What is a fuel cell? -- 1.2. Types of fuel cells -- 1.2.1. Proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC, PEFC) -- 1.2.2. Alkaline fuel cells (AFC) -- 1.2.3. Phosphoric acid fuel cells (PAFC) -- 1.2.4. Molten carbonate fuel cells (MCFC) -- 1.2.5. Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) -- 1.2.6. Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC) -- Chapter 2. PEMFC Structure -- 2.1. Bipolar plates -- 2.2. Membrane electrode assembly -- 2.2.1. Electrodes -- 2.2.2. Membrane -- Chapter 3. Why Model a Fuel Cell? -- 3.1. Advantages of modeling and simulation -- 3.2. Complex system modeling methods -- 3.2.1. Behavior description -- 3.2.2. Behavior explanation -- 3.3. Modeling goals -- 3.3.1. Scientific understanding -- 3.3.2. Technological development -- 3.3.3. System control -- Chapter 4. How Can a Fuel Cell be Modeled? -- 4.1. Space dimension: 0D, 1D, 2D, 3D -- 4.2. Temporal behavior: static or dynamic -- 4.3. Type: analytical, semi-empirical, empirical -- 4.4. Modeled areas: stack, single cell, individual layer -- 4.5. Modeled phenomena -- 4.5.1. Domains: electrical (electrochemical), fluidic, thermal -- 4.5.2. Individual layer phenomena -- Chapter 5. Literature Models Synthesis -- 5.1. 50 models published in the literature -- 5.2. Model classification -- PART 2: MODELING OF THE PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL -- Chapter 6. Model Structural and Functional Approaches -- Chapter 7. Stack-Level Modeling -- 7.1. Electrical domain -- 7.1.1. Cell voltage multiplication -- 7.1.2. Individual cell voltage sum -- 7.2. Fluidic domain -- 7.2.1. Static equilibrium of the stack's fluid flows -- 7.2.2. Dynamic equilibrium of the stack's fluid flow.

7.2.3. Expressions for gas flow rates at the channel inlets and outlets -- 7.3. Thermal domain -- 7.3.1. Dynamic energy balance -- Chapter 8. Cell-Level Modeling (Membrane-Electrode Assembly, MEA) -- 8.1. Electrical domain -- 8.1.1. Thermodynamic voltage of a cell [BLU 07] -- 8.1.2. Voltage drop due to activation loss -- 8.1.3. Voltage drop due to internal ohmic loss (membrane + plate) -- 8.1.4. Voltage drop due to concentration losses (mass transport limitation) -- 8.1.5. Dynamic effect of double layer capacity -- 8.2. Fluidic domain -- 8.2.1. Static or dynamic mass balance -- 8.2.2. Pressure loss in the global feeding channels (manifolds) -- 8.3. Thermal domain -- 8.3.1. Dynamic energy summary -- Chapter 9. Individual Layer Level Modeling -- 9.1. Electrical domain -- 9.1.1. Gas channels -- 9.1.2. Gas diffusion layer (GDL) -- 9.1.3. Catalyst layer -- 9.1.4. Membrane -- 9.2. Fluidic domain -- 9.2.1. Gas channels -- 9.2.2. Gas diffusion layer (GDL) -- 9.2.3. Catalyst sites -- 9.2.4. Membrane -- 9.2.5. General vapor saturation pressure formula -- 9.3. Thermal domain -- 9.3.1. Gas channels -- 9.3.2. Gas diffusion layer (GDL) -- 9.3.3. Catalyst sites -- 9.3.4. Membrane -- Chapter 10. Finite Element and Finite Volume Approach -- 10.1. Conservation of mass -- 10.2. Conservation of momentum -- 10.3. Conservation of matter -- 10.4. Conservation of charge -- 10.5. Conservation of energy -- PART 3: 1D DYNAMIC MODEL OF A NEXA FUEL CELL STACK -- Chapter 11. Detailed Nexa Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Stack Modeling -- 11.1. Modeling hypotheses -- 11.2. Modeling in the electrical domain -- 11.2.1. Cooling channels -- 11.2.2. Solid support and cathode gas channels -- 11.2.3. Cathode diffusion layer -- 11.2.4. Cathode catalytic layer -- 11.2.5. Membrane -- 11.2.6. Anode catalytic layer -- 11.2.7. Anode diffusion layer.

11.2.8. Solid support and anode gas channels -- 11.3. Modeling in the fluidic domain -- 11.3.1. Cooling channels -- 11.3.2. Cathode gas channels -- 11.3.3. Cathode diffusion layer -- 11.3.4. Cathode catalytic layer -- 11.3.5. Membrane -- 11.3.6. Anode catalytic layer -- 11.3.7. Anode diffusion layer -- 11.3.8. Anode gas channels -- 11.4. Thermal domain modeling -- 11.4.1. Cooling channels -- 11.4.2. Solid support of the cathode channels -- 11.4.3. Cathode gas channels -- 11.4.4. Cathode diffusion layer -- 11.4.5. Cathode catalyst layer -- 11.4.6. Membrane -- 11.4.7. Anode catalyst layer -- 11.4.8. Anode diffusion layer -- 11.4.9. Anode gas channels -- 11.4.10. Solid support of the anode channels -- 11.5. Set of adjustable parameters -- Chapter 12. Model Experimental Validation -- 12.1. Multiphysical model validation with a 1.2 kW fuel cell stack -- 12.1.1. Measuring equipment -- 12.1.2. Experimental validations -- Bibliography -- Index.