Modeling and experimentation of molten carbonate fuel cell reactors in a scale-up process

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 13-14, 1999, Pages 2907-2916

  Bosio, Barbara ^a   Costamagna, Paola ^a   Parodi, Filippo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b ANSALDO ENERGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electrode kinetics; Experimentation; Fuel cells; MCFCs; Modeling; Scale up process

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODE KINETICS; MOLTEN CARBONATE; SCALE UP PROCESS; STACK ANALYSIS;

CARBONATES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FUEL CELLS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REACTION KINETICS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS; FUEL CELL; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; REACTOR;

EID: 0033166732     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00414-X     Document Type: Article

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