Liquid water flooding process in proton exchange membrane fuel cell cathode with straight parallel channels and porous layer

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 196, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1776-1794

  Wang, Xichen ^a   Zhou, Biao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Parallel; Proton exchange membrane fuel cell; Volume of fluid; Water management

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL CHALLENGES; FLOW DISTRIBUTION; GAS FLOW CHANNEL; HIGH CURRENT DENSITIES; LIQUID WATER; PARALLEL; PARALLEL CHANNEL; PEMFC CATHODE; POROUS LAYERS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; VOLUME OF FLUIDS;

LIQUIDS; MEMBRANES; PROTONS;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 78649495770     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2010.09.092     Document Type: Article

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