Voltage instability in a simulated fuel cell stack correlated to water accumulation measured via neutron radiography

8th World Conference on Neutron Radiography, WCNR-8

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 338-348

  Owejan, J P ^a   Trabold, T A ^a   Gagliardo, J ^a   Jacobson, D L ^b   Carter, R N ^a   Hussey, D S ^b   Arif, M ^b  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AREA; AIR FLOW; ALTERNATE PATH; BYPASS FLOW; CATHODE FLOW; CELL TEST; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS; FLOW BEHAVIORS; FLOW REDISTRIBUTION; FUEL CELL PERFORMANCE; FUEL CELL STACK; IN-SITU; LIQUID WATER; LOCAL DISTRIBUTIONS; MULTIPLE CELLS; MULTIPLE-PATH; PEMFC STACK; PERFORMANCE LOSS; PURE OXYGEN; SINGLE CELLS; SINGLE FUELS; TRANSIENT CORRELATIONS; VOLTAGE INSTABILITY; WATER ACCUMULATION;

HYDROGEN; LIQUIDS; NEUTRON EMISSION; NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY; OXYGEN; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); RADIOLOGY;

CELL MEMBRANES;

EID: 70349342708     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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