Efficiency improvement of a PEMFC power source by optimization of the air management

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 7745-7756

  Tirnovan, R ^a   Giurgea, S ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CLUJ NAPOCA   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE BELFORT MONTBÉLIARD   (France)

Author keywords

Air management; Backpressure valve; Control; Fuel cell; Optimization

Indexed keywords

AIR MANAGEMENT; BACK PRESSURES; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; LINEAR APPROXIMATIONS; MOVING LEAST SQUARES; NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATIONS; OPERATING POINTS; OPTIMAL CONFIGURATIONS; OPTIMAL MANAGEMENT; OPTIMAL SPEED; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; PEMFC SYSTEMS; POWER SOURCES; SUB-SYSTEMS; SYSTEM EFFICIENCY; THROTTLE OPENING;

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; CONTROL; FUEL CELLS; OPTIMIZATION;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 84860292977     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.02.029     Document Type: Article

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