Modelling electrolyte conductivity in a water electrolyzer cell

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 7436-7441

  Caspersen, Michael ^a   Kirkegaard, Julius Bier ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Analytical approximation; Electrolyte conductivity; Electrolyzer cell; Stochastic simulation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ANALYTICAL APPROXIMATION; CELL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROLYTE CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROLYZERS; GAS-PHASE DISTRIBUTION; HYDROGEN GAS EVOLUTION; OPTIMIZE DESIGN; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS;

CYTOLOGY; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; HYDROGEN; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

CELLS;

EID: 84860312052     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.02.023     Document Type: Article

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