Solid-phase temperature measurements in a HTPEM fuel cell

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 12977-12990

  Siegel, C ^a,b,c   Bandlamudi, G ^a,b   Heinzel, A ^a,b  

^a Zentrum für BrennstoffzellenTechnik Center for Fuel Cell Technology gGmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c Siegel Schleimer Ingénieurs conseils S R l Engineering and Research   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

High temperature polymer electrolyte membrane (HTPEM) fuel cell; MTPEM fuel cell; Polybenzimidazole; Segmented measurements; Temperature distribution

Indexed keywords

FUEL CELL DESIGNS; HIGH TEMPERATURE POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; OPERATING CONDITION; POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; SOLID-PHASE; THERMAL BEHAVIOURS; THERMAL INTERACTION;

CARBON MONOXIDE; HYDROGEN; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMERS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

FUEL CELLS;

EID: 80052939836     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.07.027     Document Type: Article

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