Experimental and numerical study of various MT-SOFC flow manifold techniques: Single MT-SOFC analysis

Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lawlor, V ^a,b   Klein, K ^c   Hochenauer, C ^a   Griesser, S ^a   Kuehn, S ^c   Olabi, A G ^b   Cordiner, S ^d   Buchinger, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES UPPER AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^c eZelleron GmbH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODE-SUPPORTED; CATHODE CURRENTS; COUNTER-FLOWS; EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDIES; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; OXIDE FUEL CELLS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

CATHODES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUELS; MAGNETRONS; OXIDANTS;

SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC);

EID: 84878326478     PISSN: 1550624X     EISSN: 15516989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4023216     Document Type: Article

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