Innovative design to improve the power density of a solid oxide fuel cell

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 378-384

  Ramakrishna, P A ^a   Yang, Shi ^a   Sohn, C H ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Modeling; Power density; SOFC

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CONFINED FLOW; DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POWER ELECTRONICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

MASS FLOW RATES; PLAIN GEOMETRY; POWER DENSITY; THIN-WALLED GEOMETRY;

SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS;

EID: 33744985479     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2005.10.030     Document Type: Article

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