Water transport through a proton-exchange membrane (pem) fuel cell operating near ambient conditions: Experimental and modeling studies

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 397-402

  Falcao, D S ^a,b   Rangel, C M ^a,b,c   Pinho, C ^a,b   Pinto, A M F R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b INETI   (Portugal)

^c Instituto Nacional de Engenharia   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MEMBRANES; AMBIENT CONDITIONS; ANODE FEEDS; CATALYTIC LAYERS; CATHODE FLOWS; CATHODE HUMIDIFICATIONS; CELL PERFORMANCE; COUPLING MASS; DIFFUSION LAYERS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FEED FLOW RATES; FUEL CELL PERFORMANCE; HEAT-TRANSFER; HIGH IMPACTS; HUMIDIFICATION LEVELS; MODELING STUDIES; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS; OPERATING CONDITIONS; POLARIZATION CURVES; PROTON-EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; WATER FLUXES; WATER TRANSPORTS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FLOW RATE; MACHINERY; MEMBRANES; PROTONS; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS; WATER CONTENT;

CELL MEMBRANES;

EID: 64249142173     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef8004948     Document Type: Article

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