Strategies for optimizing the opening of the outlet air circuit's nozzle to improve the efficiency of the PEMFC generator

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1197-1204

  Tirnovan, R ^a   Giurgea, S ^b   Miraoui, A ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CLUJ NAPOCA   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE BELFORT MONTBÉLIARD   (France)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Fuel cell; Multi level optimization; Nozzle

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSORS; EFFICIENCY; FUEL CELLS; NOZZLES; OPTIMIZATION; TIMING CIRCUITS;

CONTROL VARIABLE; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; LOAD DURATION CURVES; MOVING LEAST SQUARES; MULTILEVEL OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; PEMFC SYSTEMS; STEADY STATE;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

ALGORITHM; CENTRIFUGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUEL CELL; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POWER GENERATION;

EID: 78650539194     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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