Transport phenomena in fuel cells: From microscale to macroscale

International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 115-133

  Djilali, N ^a   Sui, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Catalyst; CFD; Membrane transport; Multi scale model; Porous media; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849148941     PISSN: 10618562     EISSN: 10290257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10618560701740017     Document Type: Article

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