Modeling and control of air stream and hydrogen flow with recirculation in a PEM fuel cell system-I. Control-oriented modeling

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1879-1896

  Bao, Cheng ^a   Ouyang, Minggao ^a   Yi, Baolian ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Air system; Anode recirculation; Dynamic model; Fuel cell; Injection pump; PEM

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDROGEN; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; MASS TRANSFER; PROTONS;

AIR SYSTEMS; ANODE RECIRCULATION; DYNAMIC MODELS; INJECTION PUMPS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE (PEM);

FUEL CELLS;

EID: 33747806237     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2006.02.031     Document Type: Article

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