Effects of bubbles between electrodes on alkaline water electrolysis efficiency under forced convection of electrolyte

16th World Hydrogen Energy Conference 2006, WHEC 2006

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 100-109

  Nagai, Niro ^a   Takeuchi, Masanori ^a   Furuta, Tetsuya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkaline water electrolysis; Bubble; Forced convection; Optimum condition; Void fraction

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE WATER ELECTROLYSIS; BUBBLE; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; ELECTRODE SPACE; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; KOH SOLUTION; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; WATER ELECTROLYSIS;

ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; FLOW VELOCITY; FORCED CONVECTION; TWO PHASE FLOW; VOID FRACTION;

HYDROGEN;

EID: 84875615435     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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