Air management in PEM fuel cells: State-of-the-art and prospectives

International Aegean Conference on Electrical Machines and Power Electronics and Electromotion ACEMP'07 and Electromotion'07 Joint Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 245-254

  Blunier, Benjamin ^a,b   Miraoui, Abdellatif ^b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE BELFORT MONTBÉLIARD   (France)

Author keywords

Air management; Blower; Centrifugal compressor; Expander; Humidification; PEM fuel cell; Positive displacement compressor

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; CELL MEMBRANES; CELLS; COMPRESSION RATIO (MACHINERY); COMPRESSORS; COOLING SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FUEL CELLS; FUELS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; POWER ELECTRONICS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); WATER INJECTION;

AIR MANAGEMENT; BLOWER; CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR; EXPANDER; HUMIDIFICATION; PEM FUEL CELL; POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT COMPRESSOR;

DATA COMPRESSION;

EID: 51249116063     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ACEMP.2007.4510510     Document Type: Conference Paper

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