Experimental study of the pressure drop in the cathode side of air-forced Open-cathode proton exchange membrane fuel cells

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 7612-7620

  Barreras, Félix ^a   López, Ana M ^a   Lozano, Antonio ^a   Barranco, José E ^b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Friction factor; Fuel cells; Open cathode; PEMFC; Pressure drop

Indexed keywords

AIR VELOCITIES; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOW CONDITION; FRICTION FACTORS; OPEN-CATHODE; PEMFC;

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL; FRICTION; LAMINAR FLOW; PRESSURE DROP; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRIBOLOGY; WELDING ELECTRODES;

CATHODES;

EID: 79957595672     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.03.149     Document Type: Article

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