Computational modeling of thermal and electrical fields of a high power density solid oxide fuel cell

Proceedings of 4th International ASME Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, FUELCELL2006

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Iyengar, Arun K S ^a   DiGiuseppe, Gianfranco ^a   Desai, Niranjan ^a   Vora, Shailesh ^a   Shockling, Larry ^a  

^a KETTERING UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL STRESS;

HIGH POWER DENSITY (HPD); ISOTHERMAL CELL; ISOTHERMAL CONDITIONS; MODULE DESIGN;

SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS;

EID: 33845782445     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/fuelcell2006-97053     Document Type: Conference Paper

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