The formation of water droplets in an air-breathing PEMFC

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3476-3487

  Ous, Talal ^a   Arcoumanis, C ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AB PEMFC; Contact angle; Droplet height; Flow channels; Visualisation; Water droplets

Indexed keywords

AB-PEMFC; DROPLET HEIGHT; FLOW CHANNELS; VISUALISATION; WATER DROPLETS;

CELL MEMBRANES; CHANNEL FLOW; CONTACT ANGLE; GRAVITATION; HYDROGEN; ION EXCHANGE; LITHIUM ALLOYS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SOLVENT EXTRACTION; STOICHIOMETRY; THERMAL EFFECTS; VISUALIZATION;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 64449085698     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.02.037     Document Type: Article

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