An embedded frequency response analyzer for fuel cell monitoring and characterization

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1925-1934

  Ordonez, Martin ^a   Sonnaillon, Maximiliano O ^b   Quaicoe, John E ^a   Iqbal, Mohammad Tariq ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Elgar Electronics Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency response; Fuel cell (FC); Impedance; Lock in; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUE; CONTINUOUS OPERATION; DESIGN STAGE; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE ANALYZERS; HIGH NOISE LEVELS; IMPEDANCE; LOCK-IN; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; ONLINE MONITORING; OPERATING POINTS; POWER CONDITIONING; PRECISE MEASUREMENTS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; ROBUST MEASUREMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; SPECIAL DEVICES;

AMPLIFICATION; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSORS; MONITORING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC);

FREQUENCY RESPONSE;

EID: 77952263779     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2009.2028295     Document Type: Article

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