Gas transport properties in gas diffusion layers: A lattice Boltzmann study

Communications in Computational Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1335-1346

  Munekata, Toshihisa ^a,b   Inamuro, Takaji ^b   Hyodo, Shi Aki ^a  

^a Rd Management Section   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffusivity; Gas diffusion layer; Lattice Boltzmann method; Permeability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951966654     PISSN: 18152406     EISSN: 19917120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4208/cicp.301009.161210s     Document Type: Article

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