Liquid filling in a corner with a fibrous wall-An application to two-phase flow in PEM fuel cell gas channels

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 384, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 653-660

  Rath, Cody D ^a   Kandlikar, Satish G ^a  

^a Rochester Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Concus Finn condition; Contact angle hysteresis; Contact line; PEMFC

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; DIFFUSION IN GASES; DROPS; GASES; LIQUIDS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACES; TWO PHASE FLOW;

CHANNEL WALL; CONCUS-FINN CONDITION; CONTACT ANGLE HYSTERESIS; CONTACT LINE; CONTACT LINES; CRITICAL PARAMETER; DROPLET FORMATION; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; FIBROUS MATRIX; FILLING IN; FUEL CELL MATERIALS; GAS CHANNELS; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; MANAGEMENT ISSUES; OPTIMAL ANGLE; PEM FUEL CELL; REACTANT GAS; STRAINED INTERFACES; SURFACE ENERGIES;

PHASE INTERFACES;

WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTACT ANGLE; FLOW; HYSTERESIS; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE TENSION; VAPOR; VELOCITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79959721076     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2011.05.039     Document Type: Article

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