Investigation of water transport in an ex-situ experimental facility modelled on an actual DOE automotive target complient fuel cell

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels, ICNMM2008

Volumn , Issue PART B, 2008, Pages 1295-1303

  Lu, Z ^a   White, A D ^a   Pelaez, J ^a   Hardbarger, M ^a   Domigan, W ^a   Sergi, J ^a   Kandlikar, S G ^a  

^a Rochester Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; CHANNEL DESIGN; CHANNEL PRESSURE DROP; EX SITU; EXPERIMENTAL FACILITIES; GAS CHANNELS; INDEPENDENT CONTROL; WATER FLOWS; WATER TRANSPORT;

AUTOMOTIVE FUELS; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULICS; MICROCHANNELS;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 77952655354     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ICNMM2008-62200     Document Type: Conference Paper

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