Magnetic resonance imaging as an in-situ diagnostic method to characterize Water flooding

ECS Transactions

Volumn 16, Issue 2 PART 1, 2009, Pages 1001-1008

  Dunbar, Zachary W ^a   Richardmasel , I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

ACQUISITION TIME; CELL PERFORMANCE; DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; MODEL VERIFICATION; SITU DIAGNOSTICS; THREE DIMENSIONS; WATER DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER GENERATION;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 63449117083     PISSN: 19385862     EISSN: 19386737     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1149/1.2981940     Document Type: Conference Paper

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