Reliability and sensitivity analysis of low power portable direct methanol fuel cell

EUROCON 2007 - The International Conference on Computer as a Tool

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1457-1462

  Aydinli, G ^a   Sisworahardjo, N S ^a,b   Alam, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Low power direct methanol fuel cell; Non repairable component; Reliability analysis; Reliability block diagram; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FUEL CELLS; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC);

CRITICAL COMPONENTS; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELL (DFMC); EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; FAILURE RATES; IN ORDER; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; LOW POWERS; MARKET PENETRATION; PORTABLE DEVICES; SCALE DOWN; SYSTEM RELIABILITY; SYSTEM TOPOLOGIES;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 46149126615     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EURCON.2007.4400616     Document Type: Conference Paper

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