Solid-oxide-fuel-cell performance and durability: Resolution of the effects of power-conditioning systems and application loads

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1263-1278

  Mazumder, Sudip K ^a   Acharya, Kaustuva ^a   Haynes, Comas Lamar ^b   Williams Jr , Robert ^b   von Spakovsky, Michael R ^c   Nelson, Douglas J ^c   Rancruel, Diego F ^c   Hartvigsen, Joseph ^d   Gemmen, Randy S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c State University   (United States)

^d CERAMATEC INC   (United States)

^e NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POWER ELECTRONICS; RELIABILITY; TRANSIENTS;

APPLICATION LOADS; POWER CONDITIONING SYSTEM; POWER ELECTRONICS SUBSYSTEM;

SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS;

EID: 4544353201     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2004.833992     Document Type: Article

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