The start-up analysis of a PEM fuel cell system in vehicles

International Journal of Green Energy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 91-111

  Rabbani, Abid ^a   Rokni, Masoud ^a   Hosseinzadeh, Elham ^a   Mortensen, Henrik Hilleke ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NEL HYDROGEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic simulation; fuel cell; PEMFC; System modeling; water crossover

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS; HIGH CURRENT DENSITIES; LOAD FLUCTUATIONS; MANAGEMENT CONTROL; PEM FUEL CELL SYSTEM; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; SYSTEM MODELING; WATER CROSSOVERS;

CATHODES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUEL CELLS; FUEL SYSTEMS; SYSTEM STABILITY; WATER LEVELS;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

AUTOMOBILE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; FUEL CELL; WATER LEVEL;

EID: 84881287792     PISSN: 15435075     EISSN: 15435083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15435075.2013.769882     Document Type: Article

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