A2-1. GDL Water Management

Wednesday, 8 October 2014: 08:40-11:40
Sunrise, 2nd Floor, Star Ballroom 8 (Moon Palace Resort)
Chairs:
Matthew M. Mench and Tatsumi Kitahara
08:40
1218
(Invited) Engineering Net Water Balance in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells
J. M. LaManna and M. M. Mench (University of Tennessee)
09:20
1219
PTFE Distributions in Diffusion Media of PEFCs and Related Effects on Water Transport
E. A. Wargo (Drexel University), V. P. Schulz (Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University), and E. C. Kumbur (Drexel University)
09:40
Break
10:00
1220
Influence of Hydrophobic Coating of Gas Diffusion Layers on the Performance and Water Transport inside PEFC
J. Biesdorf, P. Oberholzer, T. J. Schmidt, and P. Boillat (Paul Scherrer Institut)
10:20
1221
In-Situ Measurement and Analysis of Water Movement in PEFCs
Y. Oshiba (Chemical Resorces Laboratory Tokyo Institute of Technology), H. Irizawa, H. Ohashi (Chemical Resources Laboratory Tokyo Institute of Technology), and T. Yamaguchi (Chemical Resorces Laboratory Tokyo Institute of Technology)
10:40
1222
Experimental Investigation and Numerical Determination of Custom Gas Diffusion Layers to Understand Water Transports in PEMFC
V. Lilavivat, S. Shimpalee (University of South Carolina), C. K. Mittelsteadt, and H. Xu (Giner, Inc.)
11:00
1223
Effect of the Inlet Gas Humidification on PEMFC Behavior and Current Density Distribution
D. G. Sanchez, T. Ruiu, I. Biswas, K. A. Friedrich (Institute of Technical Thermodynamics), J. Sanchez-Monreal, and M. Vera (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
11:20
1224
Influence of GDL Coated with MPL Containing CNTs on PEFC Performance Under Low and High Humidity Conditions
T. Kitahara (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University), H. Nakajima (Kyushu University), and K. Okamura (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University)
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