Natural gas electric generator powered by polymer exchange membrane fuel cell: Numerical model and experimental results

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 326-335

  Radulescu, M ^a   Ayel, V ^b   Lottin, O ^a   Feidt, M ^a   Antoine, B ^a   Moyne, C ^a   Le Noc, D ^c   Le Doze, S ^c  

^a NANCY UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c GAZ DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Electrical efficiency; PEMFC; Reformer; Stefan Maxwell

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

ELECTRICAL EFFICIENCY; NATURAL GAS ELECTRIC GENERATORS; REFORMERS;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

EID: 36248959817     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2007.06.011     Document Type: Article

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