Performance assessment of turbocharged pem fuel cell systems for civil aircraft onboard power production

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Campanari, Stefano ^a   Manzolini, Giampaolo ^a   Beretti, Andrea ^a   Wollrab, Uwe ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; AIR POLLUTION; AIRCRAFT; CELL MEMBRANES; CELLS; COMPRESSORS; CYTOLOGY; DATA COMPRESSION; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; FUEL CELLS; FUEL STORAGE; FUEL SYSTEMS; FUELS; GAS FUEL STORAGE; GAS TURBINES; GROUND OPERATIONS; HYDRAULIC DRIVES; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN STORAGE; KETONES; MILITARY OPERATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PNEUMATIC DRIVES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); THERMOANALYSIS; TURBOMACHINERY;

AIR COMPRESSION; AIR STREAMS; AUXILIARY POWER UNITS; AUXILIARY SYSTEMS; CELL TYPES; CELL VOLTAGES; CIVIL AIRCRAFT; DIFFERENT OPERATING CONDITIONS; ELECTRICAL POWER; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS; FLIGHT OPERATIONS; FLIGHT-SAFETY; FUEL CELL SIMULATION; FUEL REFORMERS; FUEL-CELL SYSTEM; HIGH ALTITUDES; HYDROGEN-RICH GAS; JET FUEL; LOW EMISSIONS; OPTIMIZED CONFIGURATION; PARTIAL SUBSTITUTION; PEM FUEL CELLS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL INTEGRITY; POLYMER-ELECTROLYTE-MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS; POWER DENSITIES; POWER PRODUCTION; RE SEARCH GROUP; SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES; SYSTEM PERFORMANCES; SYSTEM PRESSURE; THERMODYNAMIC ANALYSIS;

LEAKAGE (FLUID);

EID: 48949121048     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: 15288919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2772636     Document Type: Article

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