Effect of spatially-varying GDL properties and land compression on water distribution in PEM fuel cells

Journal of the Electrochemical Society

Volumn 158, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Yun ^a   Chen, Ken S ^b  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2-D MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; IN-PLANE DIRECTION; LIQUID WATER; LOCAL FEATURE; MODEL PREDICTION; PEM FUEL CELL; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TWO-PHASE MODEL; WATER DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER PROFILES; XRAY IMAGING;

DIFFUSION IN GASES; FORECASTING; FUEL CELLS; NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 80054037848     PISSN: 00134651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1149/2.015111jes     Document Type: Article

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