Two-phase flow maldistribution and mitigation in polymer electrolyte fuel cells

Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 0310071-03100711

  Basu, Suman ^a,b   Wang, Chao Yang ^a,b   Chen, Ken S ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED AGING; CATALYST LAYERS; FLOW MALDISTRIBUTION; FLOW SPLITTERS; GAS CHANNELS; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; HYDRODYNAMIC PRESSURE; LIQUID SATURATION; LIQUID WATER; LOW FLOW; MIXTURE FORMULATION; NON-UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION; NONUNIFORM; NONUNIFORMITY; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS; SINGLE PHASE; SPLITTER PLATES; VELOCITY FIELD;

CATALYSTS; CHANNEL FLOW; DIFFUSION IN GASES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; LIQUIDS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POLYELECTROLYTES; REACTION RATES; SECURITY OF DATA;

PARALLEL FLOW;

EID: 77955297440     PISSN: 1550624X     EISSN: 15516989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2971124     Document Type: Article

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