A review of models for water droplet detachment from the gas diffusion layer-gas flow channel interface in PEMFCs

Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, ICNMM2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 299-310

  Schillberg, Charles H ^a   Kandlikar, Satish G ^a  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL LENGTH; GAS DIFFUSION LAYER (GDL); GAS FLOW CHANNEL INTERFACES; WATER DROPLET DETACHMENT;

CHANNEL FLOW; DIFFUSION IN GASES; DROP FORMATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 37249085040     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ICNMM2007-30029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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