Minichannels in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Microchannels and Minichannels (ICMM2004)

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 119-127

  Trabold, Thomas A ^a  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ELECTRODES; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; PRESSURE DROP;

MINICHANNELS; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE (PEM) FUEL CELLS; WATER BALANCE;

FUEL CELLS;

EID: 4544317928     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/icmm2004-2326     Document Type: Conference Paper

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