Development of a 1 W passive DMFC

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 225-239

  Guo, Zhen ^a   Faghri, Amir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct methanol fuel cell; Passive; Planar stack; Thermal fluids management

Indexed keywords

AIR FILTERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS FUEL STORAGE; MASS TRANSFER; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

PLANAR STACK; THERMAL-FLUIDS MANAGEMENT; WATER IMMERSION TESTS;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC);

AIR FILTERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); GAS FUEL STORAGE; MASS TRANSFER; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

EID: 38949153020     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2007.07.008     Document Type: Article

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