Two-dimensional model for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

AIChE Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2410-2422

  Gurau, Vladimir ^a,b   Liu, Hongtan ^a   Kakaç, Sadik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Energy Partners   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTON;

FUEL CELL; MEMBRANE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; GAS DIFFUSION; ION EXCHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POROSITY; PROTON TRANSPORT; VELOCITY;

EID: 0032467782     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690441109     Document Type: Article

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