Bifunctionally graded electrode supported SOFC modeling and computational thermal fluid analysis for experimental design

Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Shi, Junxiang ^a   Xue, Xingjian ^a  

^a The Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

bi electrode supported; CFD model; functionally graded; heterogeneous electrode; SOFC

Indexed keywords

BI-ELECTRODE SUPPORTED; CFD MODEL; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED; HETEROGENEOUS ELECTRODES; SOFC;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; ELECTRODES; MICROSTRUCTURE; OXYGEN; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); STATISTICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 79851505507     PISSN: 1550624X     EISSN: 15516989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4002141     Document Type: Article

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