A robust model and numerical approach for solving solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) problems

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 18, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 811-834

  Arpino, F ^a   Carotenuto, A ^b   Massarotti, N ^b   Nithiarasu, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Mass; Oxide; Porous materials; Simulation; Solid fuels

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FUEL CELLS; FUELS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC);

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENTS; FUEL CELL MODELS; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFERS; MASS; NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; ROBUST MODELS; SIMULATION; SOLID FUELS; UNIFIED APPROACHES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 57149135744     PISSN: 09615539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09615530810898971     Document Type: Article

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