Performance evaluation of a fuel processing system based on membrane reactors technology integrated with a PEMFC stack

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 9906-9915

  Perna, A ^a   Cicconardi, S P ^a   Cozzolino, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fuel processing; Hydrogen production; LPG; Membrane reactors; PEM fuel cell system

Indexed keywords

CO CONTENT; CO REMOVAL; EFFICIENT PRODUCTION; FUEL PROCESSING; FUEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MEMBRANE REACTORS; MEMBRANE SHIFTS; MOLAR RATIO; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING PARAMETERS; OPTIMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; PEM FUEL CELL SYSTEM; PEMFC STACK; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; REFORMING REACTORS; REFORMING TEMPERATURES; SYSTEM EFFICIENCY; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; THERMOCHEMICAL MODELS; WATER GAS SHIFT REACTORS;

BIOREACTORS; DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; GAS FUEL ANALYSIS; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; POWER QUALITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STEAM ENGINEERING; STEAM REFORMING;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 79960906972     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.05.076     Document Type: Article

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