Determination of the relationship between capillary pressure and saturation in PEMFC gas diffusion media

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering, and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 829-840

  Sole, Joshua D ^a   Ellis, Michael W ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary pressure; Diffusion media; GDL; Leverett; Saturation; Two phase flow; Water transport

Indexed keywords

BULK LOADING; CAPILLARY PRESSURES; CARBON CLOTHS; CATALYST LAYERS; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; GAS DIFFUSION MEDIA; LIQUID WATER; NON-WETTING; PAPER MATERIALS; PEMFC CATHODE; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS; POROSIMETRY; POROUS MEDIA; PRESSURE RANGES; SATURATION CURVE; SATURATION RANGE; WATER PRODUCTION; WATER TRANSPORT; WETTING FLUID;

AIR; CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; DIFFUSION IN GASES; LIQUIDS; LOADING; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); TWO PHASE FLOW; WETTING;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 77952605768     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/FuelCell2008-65253     Document Type: Conference Paper

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