Direct propane fuel cell anode with interdigitated flow fields: Two-dimensional model

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1079-1085

  Khakdaman, Hamidreza ^a   Bourgault, Yves ^b   Ternan, Marten ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c EnPross Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANODE CATALYST LAYER; ANODE PERFORMANCE; AQUEOUS LIQUIDS; CARBON CATALYSTS; CATALYST LAYERS; CATALYST PERFORMANCE; DIRECT CONTACT; DIRECT PROPANE FUEL CELLS; FUEL UTILIZATION; GASPHASE; INTERDIGITATED FLOW FIELD; OPEN SOURCES; OPERATING CONDITION; OVERPOTENTIAL; PLATINUM CATALYSTS; POROUS CARBONS; PRODUCT CHANNEL; PROPANE GAS; PROTON CONDUCTORS; PT CATALYSTS; RESIDENCE TIME; SERPENTINE FLOW FIELDS; SOLID PARTICLES; SOLID-PHASE; THREE PHASIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL; ZIRCONIUM PHOSPHATE;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYSIS; FLOW FIELDS; FUEL CELLS; GASES; PLATINUM; PROPANE; SERPENTINE; SILICATE MINERALS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VEHICULAR TUNNELS; ZIRCONIUM; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

CATALYST SUPPORTS;

EID: 76049085906     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie900727p     Document Type: Conference Paper

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