Experimental investigation of temperature distribution over a planar solid oxide fuel cell

Applied Energy

Volumn 105, Issue , 2013, Pages 155-160

  Razbani, Omid ^a   Wærnhus, Ivar ^b   Assadi, Mohsen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b Prototech AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Experiment; Solid oxide fuel cell; Temperature distribution

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; CURRENT DENSITY; CYTOLOGY; EXPERIMENTS; OVENS; PLATINUM; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMOCOUPLES;

CELL SURFACES; CONTROL AND MONITORING; CROSS FLOWS; CRUCIAL PARAMETERS; EXCESS AIR; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FUEL UTILIZATION; LOW CURRENT DENSITY; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MEASUREMENT DATA; OPERATING POINTS; OVEN TEMPERATURE; PLANAR SOLIDS; PLATINUM WIRE; SOFC STACK; TEST RUNS;

TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

DATA INTERPRETATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FUEL CELL; MONITORING; PLATINUM; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EID: 84872841957     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.12.062     Document Type: Article

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