Parametric study of the cathode and the role of liquid saturation on the performance of a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell-A numerical approach

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 195, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 6782-6794

  Srinivasarao, M ^a   Bhattacharyya, D ^b   Rengaswamy, R ^c,d   Narasimhan, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b West Virginia University   (United States)

^c Texas Tech University   (United States)

^d CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary pressure; Interface saturation; Parametric studies; PEMFC; Two layer diffusion medium; Water management

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY PRESSURES; INTERFACE SATURATION; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PEMFC; TWO LAYER DIFFUSION MEDIUM; TWO LAYERS;

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION IN GASES; DROP FORMATION; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; LIQUIDS; LOADING; MEMBRANES; PLATINUM; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMERS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); TWO PHASE FLOW; UNSATURATED POLYMERS; VOID FRACTION;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 77953127791     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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