Effects of anode flow field design on CO2 bubble behavior in μDMFC

Sensors

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 3314-3324

  Li, Miaomiao ^a   Liang, Junsheng ^a   Liu, Chong ^a   Sun, Gongquan ^b   Zhao, Gang ^b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

DMFC; Co2 bubbles; Flow field; Pressure drop

Indexed keywords

ANODE FLOW FIELD; BUBBLE BEHAVIOR; DMFC PERFORMANCE; DROP EXPERIMENTS; MICRO DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELL; OUTPUT CURRENT; SEQUENTIAL IMAGES; SERPENTINE FLOW FIELDS;

CHANNEL FLOW; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); EXPERIMENTS; FLOW FIELDS; PRESSURE DROP; SERPENTINE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 72449194663     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s90503314     Document Type: Article

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