Effect of the capillary property of porous media on the water transport characteristics in a passive liquid-feed DMFC

Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Xu, Chao ^a   Faghri, Amir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

capillary pressure; fuel cell; passive DMFC; two phase model; water transport

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY PRESSURES; CAPILLARY PROPERTIES; COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION; HETEROGENEOUS STRUCTURES; HYDROPHILIC AND HYDROPHOBIC; LIQUID TRANSPORT; LIQUID WATER; NON-ISOTHERMAL MODELS; PASSIVE DMFC; POROUS MEDIA; TWO-PHASE MODEL; WATER TRANSPORT;

CAPILLARY TUBES; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIQUIDS; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; POROUS MATERIALS;

CAPILLARITY;

EID: 78650388109     PISSN: 1550624X     EISSN: 15516989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4001761     Document Type: Article

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