An investigation into the effect of anode purging on the fuel cell performance

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 9276-9282

  Mokmeli, Ali ^a   Asghari, Saeed ^a  

^a Isfahan Engineering Research Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anode purge; Fuel cell system; Hydrogen waste; Semi stable condition

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODE; FUEL CELL PERFORMANCE; FUEL CELL SYSTEM; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; LONG-TIME OPERATION; MINIMUM PRESSURE; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; SEMI-STABLE CONDITION; VOLTAGE LOSS; WORKING PARAMETERS;

FUEL CELLS; FUEL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

HYDROGEN;

EID: 77956375005     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.03.079     Document Type: Conference Paper

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