STACK COMPRESSION OF PEM FUEL CELLS

ASME 2004 2nd International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, FUELCELL 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 567-571

  Lai, Yeh Hung ^a   Miller, Daniel P ^a   Ji, Chunxin ^a   Trabold, Thomas A ^a  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN GASES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYELECTROLYTES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

BIPOLAR-PLATES; CURRENT-COLLECTOR; DIMENSIONAL CHANGES; ENDPLATES; FUEL CELL COMPONENTS; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; PEM FUEL CELL; SIMPLE++; SPRING MODEL;

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EID: 85148007326     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/FUELCELL2004-2522     Document Type: Conference Paper

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