Water management of the DMFC passively fed with a high-concentration methanol solution

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 8690-8698

  Li, Xianglin ^a   Faghri, Amir ^a   Xu, Chao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

DMFC; Fuel efficiency; High concentration methanol solution; Water crossover coefficient; Water management

Indexed keywords

BACK FLOW; BACK PRESSURES; ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE; FUEL EFFICIENCY; HIGH CURRENT DENSITIES; HIGH-CONCENTRATION METHANOL SOLUTION; LOW OXYGEN; METHANOL CONCENTRATION; METHANOL SOLUTION; METHANOL-BARRIER LAYERS; OXYGEN FLOW RATES; PEAK POWER DENSITIES; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; WATER LOSS; WATER SUPPLY SOURCES; WATER TRANSPORT; WATERFLOODING;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); ELECTROLYTES; HYDRATES; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; OXYGEN; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER SUPPLY;

WATER CONTENT;

EID: 77954715722     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.05.033     Document Type: Article

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