Experimental and CFD studies on using coil wire insert in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 689-696

  Rahimi, M ^a   Aghel, B ^a   Alsairafi, A A ^b  

^a RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Fuel cell; Gas flow channel; Insert; Performance; Power density; Wire coil

Indexed keywords

GAS FLOW CHANNEL; INSERT; PERFORMANCE; POWER DENSITIES; WIRE COIL;

AERODYNAMICS; CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSION IN GASES; FLOW OF GASES; MEMBRANES; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PROTONS; WIRE;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 77955923929     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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