Transparent PEM fuel cells for direct visualisation experiments

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering, and Technology 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 329-337

  Rosli, M I ^a   Pourkashanian, M ^a   Ingham, D B ^a   Ma, L ^a   Borman, D ^a   Ismail, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEM FUEL CELL; POTENTIAL TECHNIQUES; SERPENTINE FLOW; SINGLE CELLS; VISUALISATION; WATER BEHAVIOR;

FUEL CELLS; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; SERPENTINE; SILICATE MINERALS; VISUALIZATION;

CELLS;

EID: 77953768385     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/FuelCell2009-85089     Document Type: Conference Paper

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