Numerical Modeling and Simulation of Fuel Cells

Dear Colleagues,

We are glad to invite you to submit original research and review papers to the Special Issue “Numerical Modeling and Simulation of Fuel Cells”.

The fuel cell is emerging as one of the most favorable technologies for the energy generation in many sectors. Among these, fuel cells represent a promising innovation especially in transportation, with potential applications in road vehicles, trains as well as ships and boats. Fuel cell systems are indeed a viable option towards a more sustainable future of worldwide mobility.

However, to develop advanced fuel cells and extend the applicability of such systems, the understanding of the physical phenomena involved during their operation must be improved.

In this context, numerical modeling is instrumental to get useful insights and deepen the knowledge on the fundamental physics behind such a technology. Numerical methods for the simulation and prediction of complex physical systems have gained a paramount importance during the last decades given their high level of flexibility and the possibility of accessing field data otherwise difficult to obtain. In the wide framework where Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) have been successfully applied, the fuel cell modeling certainly represents one of the most interesting.  Various fuel cell configurations and operating conditions can be analyzed by means of ad-hoc developed solvers, thus allowing the exploitation of the potentialities of these devices and their further development.

This Special Issue aims at collecting highly relevant works, dealing with a various range of applications in interdisciplinary research areas, in order to provide an exhaustive framework of the most recent advancements in the field of numerical modeling and simulation of fuel cells.

Prof. Dr. Daniele Chiappini
Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Ilio
Guest Editors

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• Advanced computational fluid-dynamics
• Fuel cells modelling
• Fuel cells design
• Porous media modelling
• Multiphase flows
• Thermal transient simulations
• Innovative applications of fuel cells
• Reactive flows