Effect of biometric flow channel on the power generation at different Reynolds numbers in the single chamber of rumen microbial fuel cells (RMFCs)

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 9242-9251

  Tsan, Wang Chin ^a   Ming, Yang Che ^a   Sheng, Chen Zih ^a   Shuai, Tseng ^b  

^a NATIONAL ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

Biometric flow channel; Reynolds number; Rumen microbial fuel cells (RMFCs)

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION SYSTEMS; DYNAMIC REACTIONS; FLOW CHANNELS; INLET CHANNELS; POSITIVE EFFECTS; POWER PERFORMANCE; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; REYNOLDS; RUMEN MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS (RMFCS); UNIFORM FLOW FIELDS; VOLTAGE OUTPUT;

BIOMETRICS; CHANNEL FLOW; EXPERIMENTS; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC);

EID: 79958858165     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.04.208     Document Type: Article

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