X-ray computed tomography of gas diffusion layers of PEM fuel cells: Calculation of thermal conductivity

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3751-3757

  Pfrang, Andreas ^a   Veyret, Damien ^a   Sieker, Frank ^b   Tsotridis, Georgios ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b GE Sensing and Inspection Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Gas diffusion layer; Numerical computation; PEM fuel cell; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

3D STRUCTURE; CARBON CLOTHS; CARBON PAPER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY EQUATION; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; IN-PLANE; LOCAL ORIENTATIONS; NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS; PEM FUEL CELL; THERMAL CONDUCTION; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CARBON FIBERS; COMPUTER CRIME; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION IN GASES; GASES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SCANNING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF GASES;

EID: 77950299146     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.01.085     Document Type: Article

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