Design considerations for effective control of an afterburner sub-system in a combined heat and power (CHP) fuel cell system (FCS)

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 118-128

  Colella, Whitney G ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Afterburner sub system; Aspen Plus chemical engineering model; Combined heat and power (CHP); Control strategy; Fuel cell system (FCS); Proton exchange membrane (PEM)

Indexed keywords

AFTERBURNERS (ENGINE); ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; OXIDATION; POWER CONTROL; REACTIVE POWER; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

ANODE HYDROGEN UTILIZATION (AHU); PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES (PEM);

FUEL CELLS;

EID: 0037809434     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7753(03)00069-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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