Elucidating two-phase transport in a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, Part 1: Characterizing flow regimes with a dimensionless group

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 3557-3567

  Wang, Yun ^a   Chen, Ken S ^b  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Damkohler number; Heat transfer; Mathematical modeling; Multiphase flow; Polymer electrolyte fuel cells; Transport processes

Indexed keywords

CATALYST LAYERS; CATHODE GAS; CO-OCCURRENCE; DAMKOHLER NUMBER; DIMENSIONLESS GROUPS; DRY-OUT; FLOW CHANNELS; FLOW REGIMES; GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERS; HEAT TRANSPORT; HOLDING CAPACITY; IN-PLANE DIRECTION; LIQUID WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; NONISOTHERMAL; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS; REMOVAL RATE; SIMULATION PREDICTION; SINGLE- AND TWO-PHASE FLOW; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TWO-PHASE REGION; TWO-PHASE TRANSPORT; VAPOR PHASE; WATER DIFFUSION; WATER GENERATION; WATER PRODUCTION; WATER TRANSPORT;

CATHODES; DEWATERING; DIFFUSION IN GASES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; HEAT TRANSFER; LIQUIDS; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMERS; TWO PHASE FLOW; WATER VAPOR;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 79958717546     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.04.016     Document Type: Article

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