Fuel cell operation under degraded working modes and study of diode by-pass circuit dedicated to multi-stack association

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 880-895

  Candusso, Denis ^a   De Bernardinis, Alexandre ^a   Péra, Marie Cécile ^b   Harel, Fabien ^a   François, Xavier ^b   Hissel, Daniel ^b   Coquery, Gérard ^a   Kauffmann, Jean Marie ^b  

^a Lab des Technologies Nouvelles   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Degraded working modes; Polymer electrolyte fuel cell; Power electronics architecture; Reverse diode; Stack coupling; Transport applications

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; EXTRAPOLATION; HEAT CONDUCTION; POWER ELECTRONICS; STACKING FAULTS;

DEGRADED WORKING MODES; POWER ELECTRONICS ARCHITECTURE; REVERSE DIODES; STACK COUPLING; TRANSPORT APPLICATIONS;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 39749188187     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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