Investigation of the effect of CO2 bubbles and slugs on the performance of a DMFC by means of laser-optical flow measurements

Energy Procedia

Volumn 28, Issue , 2012, Pages 88-101

  Burgmann, Sebastian ^a   Blank, Mirja ^b   Wartmann, Jens ^a   Heinzel, Angelika ^a  

^a Fuel Cell Research Center GmbH   (Germany)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

DMFC; Increased cell performance; Laser optical flow measurement; Slugs; PIV

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878634904     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2012.08.043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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