Detailed simulation of the ohmic resistance of solid oxide fuel cells

Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 413-417

  Repetto, Laura ^a   Agnew, Gerry ^b   Del Borghi, Adriana ^a   Di Benedetto, Fabio ^a   Costamagna, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b ROLLS ROYCE PLC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite difference method; Finite elements method; Fuel cell; Ohmic resistance; Partial differential equation; Solid oxide fuel cell

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATLAB; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

MATHEMATICAL SOFTWARE; OHMIC LOSSES; OHMIC RESISTANCE;

SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC);

EID: 38049057295     PISSN: 1550624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2756847     Document Type: Article

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