Numerical investigation of heat transport in a direct methanol fuel cell with anisotropic gas diffusion layers

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Miao, Zheng ^a   He, Ya Ling ^a   Zhao, Tian Shou ^b   Tao, Wen Quan ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anisotropic; Contact resistance; Deformation; Direct methanol fuel cell; Two phase model

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DEFORMATION; DIFFUSION IN GASES; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); ELECTRODES; HEAT FLUX; HEAT GENERATION; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; POROUS MATERIALS;

ANISOTROPIC; DIRECT-METHANOL FUEL CELLS; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; HEAT TRANSPORT; INHERENT ANISOTROPY; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; NONISOTHERMAL; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; TWO-PHASE MASS TRANSPORTS; TWO-PHASE MODEL;

CONTACT RESISTANCE;

EID: 79952010959     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21518629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5098/hmt.v2.1.3001     Document Type: Article

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