Water recovery and air humidification by condensing the moisture in the outlet gas of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue , 2012, Pages 173-178

  Wan, Z M ^a,c   Wan, J H ^a   Liu, J ^a   Tu, Z K ^b   Pan, M ^b   Liu, Z C ^c   Liu, W ^c  

^a HUNAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Air self sufficient in water; Condenser; Proton exchange membrane fuel cells; Stack; Water recovery

Indexed keywords

LARGE POWER; LIQUID WATER; LONG-TIME OPERATION; OUTLET GAS; OUTLET TEMPERATURE; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL STACKS; STACK; WATER RECOVERY; WORKING CURRENT;

CONDENSERS (LIQUEFIERS); MOISTURE; RECOVERY; SEPARATION;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 84861097362     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2012.02.045     Document Type: Article

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