Experimental study of the start-up of a fuel cell stack for backup power application

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 9193-9201

  Didierjean, Sophie ^a   Chenu, Alain ^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; Stack; Start up

Indexed keywords

BACK-UP POWER; CATHODE CHANNEL; CELL VOLTAGES; DYNAMIC BEHAVIOURS; ELECTRICAL POWER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FUEL CELL STACK; OPEN CIRCUITS; OXYGEN FLOW RATES; STACK; START-UP PROCEDURE; START-UPS; STARTUP TIME; STOICHIOMETRIC COEFFICIENTS; VOLTAGE VARIATION;

CATHODES; FLOW RATE; OXYGEN; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SYSTEMS;

POWER QUALITY;

EID: 84861098837     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.03.006     Document Type: Article

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