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Fuel Cell Bipolar Plate
Model ID: 14

A fuel cell stack operates at temperatures just below 100 °C, which means that it has to be heated at start-up. The fuel cell stack consists of unit cell of anode, membrane, and cathode connected in series through bipolar plates. This study presents a model that couples the thermal and structural deformations in a fuel cell bipolar plate. The magnitude and position of the thermal stresses are studied in this model.



Fuel Cell Bipolar Plate Displacements (top) and von Mises stresses (bottom) due to temperature and external loads.