Continuous bubble humidification and control of relative humidity of H2 for a PEMFC system

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 4640-4648

  Vasu, G ^a   Tangirala, A K ^a   Viswanathan, B ^a   Dhathathreyan, K S ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTRE FOR POWDER METALLURGY AND NEW MATERIALS ARCI   (India)

Author keywords

Continuous bubble humidifier; H2 relative humidity; Stack efficiency

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CELL MEMBRANES; CONSERVATION; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FUEL CELLS; HUMIDITY CONTROL; HYDRATION; HYDROGEN; NONMETALS; OXYGEN; POLYMERS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PROTONS; SILICONES; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC);

CONTINUOUS BUBBLE HUMIDIFIER; CONTINUOUS OPERATIONS; COOLANT WATER; DRY HYDROGEN; GAS FLOW-RATES; H2 RELATIVE HUMIDITY; MEMBRANE HYDRATION; ON-LINE TESTING; PERFLUORINATED IONOMER; POWER OUTPUTS; PROTON-EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; STACK EFFICIENCY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 50849118511     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.05.051     Document Type: Article

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