Towards orientation-independent performance of membraneless microfluidic fuel cell: Understanding the gravity effects

Applied Energy

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 80-86

  Xuan, Jin ^a   Leung, Michael K H ^b   Leung, Dennis Y C ^a   Wang, Huizhi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Gravity; Membraneless microfluidic fuel cell; Mixed potential

Indexed keywords

FUEL CELLS; GRAVITATION; MICROFLUIDICS;

CELL PERFORMANCE; GRAVITY EFFECTS; MICROFLUIDIC FUEL CELL; MIXED POTENTIAL; ORIENTATION DEPENDENCE; ORIENTATION INDEPENDENCES; PARAMETRIC -ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESIGN METHOD; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; FLUID MECHANICS; FUEL CELL; GRAVITY FIELD; HYDRODYNAMICS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 80055060819     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.04.058     Document Type: Article

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