Product engineering for man-portable power generation based on fuel cells

AIChE Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2199-2219

  Mitsos, Alexander ^a   Hencke, Michael M ^a   Barton, Paul I ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

DMFC; Fuel cell system; Man portable power; Microfabricated fuel cell; Micropower generation; PCFC; PEM; Product engineering; Products that are processes; SOFC

Indexed keywords

DMFC; FUWL CELL SYSTEMS; MAN-PORTABLE POWER; MICROFABRICATED FUEL CELL; PCFC; PEM; PRODUCT ENGINEERING;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POWER GENERATION;

SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS;

FUEL CELL;

EID: 24944514913     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10456     Document Type: Article

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