Transport phenomena in a semi-passive direct methanol fuel cell

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 2563-2578

  Bahrami, Hafez ^a   Faghri, Amir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

DMFC; Flooding; Liquid saturation; Oxygen mass fraction; Semi passive; Temperature; Transport phenomena

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; AIR FLOW-RATE; CATHODE CHANNEL; CELL TEMPERATURE; DMFC; LIQUID AND GAS PHASIS; LIQUID METHANOL; LIQUID SATURATION; MASS FRACTION; MULTI-FLUIDS; NON-EQUILIBRIUM EFFECTS; NONISOTHERMAL; PASSIVE SYSTEMS; POROUS MEDIA; STEADY STATE; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; TRANSPORT PHENOMENA; TWO PHASE FLOW MODEL; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION;

AIR; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OXYGEN; POROUS MATERIALS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WATER VAPOR;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 77649192791     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.12.050     Document Type: Article

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