Evaluation of self-water-removal in a dead-ended proton exchange membrane fuel cell

Applied Energy

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 751-757

  Wan, Zhongmin ^a,c   Liu, Jing ^a   Luo, Zhiping ^b   Tu, Zhengkai ^b   Liu, Zhichun ^c   Liu, Wei ^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

Dead ended; Proton exchange membrane fuel cell; Water removal

Indexed keywords

ENERGY RESOURCES; TECHNOLOGY;

CHANNEL GEOMETRY; DEAD-ENDED; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLOW CHANNELS; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; LIQUID WATER; OPERATION CHARACTERISTIC; OPERATION TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL VALUES; WATER REMOVAL;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

DIFFUSION; FUEL CELL; GAS FLOW; MEMBRANE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84871725091     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.12.008     Document Type: Article

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