The influence of channel wettability and geometry on water plug formation and drop location in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell flow field

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 216, Issue , 2012, Pages 337-344

  Herescu, Alexandru ^a   Allen, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel flooding; PEM fuel cell; Surface evolver

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR PLATES; CHANNEL BEND; CRITICAL VOLUME; CROSS-SECTION GEOMETRY; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; IN-CHANNELS; INTRINSIC PROPERTY; LIQUID HOLD UPS; LIQUID WATER; OPTIMIZATION TOOLS; PEM FUEL CELL; PLUG FORMATION; PLUG-INS; POROUS ELECTRODES; POWER-LOSSES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; STATIC CONTACT ANGLE; SURFACE EVOLVER; THREE GAS; TRAPEZOIDAL CHANNELS; VOLUME CORRELATIONS; WATER DISTRIBUTIONS;

CONTACT ANGLE; DIFFUSION IN GASES; DROPS; FLOW FIELDS; LIQUIDS; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 84862315848     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2012.05.035     Document Type: Article

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