Flow distribution in proton exchange membrane fuel cell stacks

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 340-355

  Chang, Paul A C ^a   St Pierre, Jean ^b   Stumper, Jürgen ^b   Wetton, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flow distribution; Fuel cell; Fuel cell stack; Modeling; Proton exchange membrane

Indexed keywords

FLOW DISTRIBUTION; FUEL CELL STACKS; MODELING; PARAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES;

FLUID DYNAMICS; FRICTION; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; PROTONS;

FUEL CELLS;

EID: 33749999469     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2006.06.081     Document Type: Article

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