Pressure drop on the cathode side of a PEM fuel cell as a diagnostic tool for detection of flooding and drying conditions

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering, and Technology, 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 25-29

  Barbir, Frano ^a   Wang, Xinting ^a   Gorgun, Haluk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell resistance; Drying; Flooding; PEM fuel cell; Pressure drop

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FUEL CELLS; LAMINAR FLOW; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; THERMAL EFFECTS; UNSTEADY FLOW; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

CELL RESISTANCE; FUEL CELL STACKS; LAMINAR REGIME; PEM FUEL CELLS;

PRESSURE DROP;

EID: 27744522039     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/fuelcell2005-74037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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