Water management in a passive DMFC using highly concentrated methanol solution

Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Bahrami, Hafez ^a   Faghri, Amir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

DMFC; flooding; fuel delivery; high concentration methanol; methanol crossover; microporous layer; water crossover

Indexed keywords

DMFC; FLOODING; FUEL DELIVERY; HIGH CONCENTRATION; METHANOL CROSSOVER; MICROPOROUS LAYER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUELS; LIQUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROPOROSITY; MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER MANAGEMENT;

METHANOL;

EID: 78649982393     PISSN: 1550624X     EISSN: 15516989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4002315     Document Type: Article

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