Demonstration of water management role of microporous layer by similarity model experiments

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4264-4269

  Kang, Jung Ho ^a   Lee, Kyu Jin ^a   Yu, Seung Ho ^a   Nam, Jin Hyun ^a   Kim, Charn Jung ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Flow visualization; Invasion percolation; Liquid water breakthrough; Microporous layer; Similarity model experiment; Water management

Indexed keywords

LIQUID WATER; MICROPOROUS LAYER; MICROPOROUS LAYERS; SIMILARITY MODEL EXPERIMENT; SIMILARITY MODELS;

DIFFUSION IN GASES; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; LIQUIDS; MERGING; MICROPOROSITY; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SOLVENTS; WETTING;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 77950340890     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.02.081     Document Type: Article

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