The state of the art in fuel cell condition monitoring and maintenance

World Electric Vehicle Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 487-494

  Knowles, Michael ^a   Baglee, David ^a   Morris, Adrian ^a   Ren, Qinglian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Changan UK R and D Centre Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Condition monitoring; Hydrogen fuel cells; Maintenance

Indexed keywords

CATALYST POISONING; CONDITION MONITORING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; HYDROGEN FUELS; LIFE CYCLE; MAINTENANCE; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; CARBON; FUEL CELLS;

FUEL CELL VEHICLES; LOW TEMPERATURES; MAINTENANCE COST; MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES; OPTIMAL STRUCTURES; SIMPLE STRUCTURES; VIABLE SOLUTIONS;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 84867924806     PISSN: 20326653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/wevj4030487     Document Type: Article

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