Internal currents in response to a load change during fuel cell start-up

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 6798-6807

  Didierjean, Sophie ^a   Lamibrac, Adrien ^a   Geneston, Thierry ^b   Rakotondrainibe, André ^b   Maranzana, Gaël ^a   Rozier, Erik ^b   Beille, Florent ^b   Lottin, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b Bâtiment Jules Verne ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Dynamic behaviour; Proton exchange membrane fuel cell; Segmented; Start up

Indexed keywords

BACK-UP POWER; CELL VOLTAGES; DYNAMIC BEHAVIOURS; LOAD CHANGE; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; SEGMENTED; START-UP PROCEDURE; START-UPS; STARTUP TIME; STEP CHANGES; TWO STAGE; VOLTAGE VARIATION;

FLOW RATE; GAS SUPPLY; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

CATHODES;

EID: 84859216355     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.01.064     Document Type: Article

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