Evaluation of imaging techniques applied to water management research in PEMFCs

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

Volumn , Issue PART A, 2009, Pages 467-479

  Daino, Michael M ^a   Kandlikar, Satish G ^a  

^a Rochester Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL EVALUATION; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; GAS DISTRIBUTION; MACRO SCALE; MATERIAL DEGRADATION; MEMBRANE HYDRATION; MICRO-SCALES; NORMAL OPERATIONS; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; SPECIFIC COMPONENT; START-UP CONDITIONS; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WATER DETECTION; WATER DISTRIBUTIONS;

DIFFUSION IN GASES; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MICROCHANNELS; NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PROTONS; RESONANCE; VISUALIZATION; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER CONTENT;

EID: 77952941552     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ICNMM2009-82031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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