Predicting the effects of process parameters on the performance of phosphoric acid fuel cells using a 3-D numerical approach

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 47, Issue 18-19, 2006, Pages 2883-2899

  Zervas, P L ^a   Koukou, M K ^b   Markatos, N C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Faculty of Applied Sciences   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fuel cell; Mathematical modeling; PAFC

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CATHODES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRIC REACTANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRODES; FUEL CELLS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHOSPHORIC ACID;

CATHODE ELECTRODE; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; PAFC;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 33745897111     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2006.03.030     Document Type: Article

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