Investigating design parameter effects on the methanol flux in the passive storage of a direct methanol fuel cell

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 40, Issue 35, 2015, Pages 11931-11942

  Kamaruddin, M Z F ^a   Kamarudin, S K ^a   Masdar, M S ^a   Daud, W R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Direct methanol fuel cell; Methanol flux; Storage

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENERGY STORAGE; FLUID DYNAMICS; FUEL CELLS; FUEL STORAGE; INLET FLOW; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

CELL ORIENTATION; CENTER POINTS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; DESIGN PARAMETERS; FULL FACTORIAL DESIGN; INTERACTION EFFECT; PASSIVE STORAGES; STORAGE VESSEL;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC);

EID: 84944045051     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.06.071     Document Type: Conference Paper

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