Thermal-stress analyses of an operating planar solid oxide fuel cell with the bonded compliant seal design

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 8223-8234

  Jiang, Tsung Leo ^a   Chen, Ming Hong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bonded compliant seal; Simulation; Solid oxide fuel cell; Thermal stress

Indexed keywords

BONDED COMPLIANT SEAL; CELL TEMPERATURE; CELL VOLTAGES; CHEMICALLY REACTING FLOWS; DOMINANT FACTOR; FINITE-ELEMENT MODELS; FINITE-VOLUME; METAL FRAMES; MULTICOMPONENTS; NONUNIFORMITY; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION MODELS; OPERATING CONDITION; PLANAR SOLIDS; SEAL DESIGN; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE MODELS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL BEHAVIORS; UNIT CELLS;

CELL MEMBRANES; FLOW SIMULATION; SEALS; SIMULATORS;

SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC);

EID: 70349213228     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.07.089     Document Type: Article

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