In situ characterization of two-phase flow in cathode channels of an operating PEM fuel cell with visual access

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels 2009, ICNMM2009

Volumn , Issue PART A, 2009, Pages 303-311

  Sergi, Jacqueline M ^a   Lu, Zijie ^a   Kandlikar, Satish G ^a  

^a Rochester Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODE CHANNEL; CRITICAL FACTORS; ENTRANCE REGION; EX SITU; EXPERIMENTAL FACILITIES; FILM FLOWS; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; FLOW PATTERN MAP; GAS CHANNELS; IN-SITU; IN-SITU CHARACTERIZATION; IN-SITU EXPERIMENTS; LIQUID WATER; MIST FLOWS; OPTICAL ACCESS; PEM FUEL CELL; PRESSURE DROP MEASUREMENTS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SLUG FLOW; TOTAL PRESSURE DROP; TWO-PHASE STRUCTURES; VISUAL ACCESS; WATER TRANSPORT;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; FUEL CELLS; MICROCHANNELS; PRESSURE DROP; REACTION KINETICS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

FLOW PATTERNS;

EID: 77952913735     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ICNMM2009-82140     Document Type: Conference Paper

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