Geometric optimization of a 10-cell modular planar solid oxide fuel cell stack manifold

Applied Energy

Volumn 112, Issue , 2013, Pages 1100-1107

  Chen, Daifen ^a   Zeng, Qice ^a   Su, Shichuan ^a   Bi, Wuxi ^b   Ren, Zhiqiang ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b PETROCHINA PIPELINE R AND D CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Advanced energy technology; Counter flow; Flow uniformity optimization; Manifold configuration; Modular short stack; Solid oxide fuel cell stack

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; OPTIMIZATION;

ADVANCED ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; COUNTER-FLOW; FLOW UNIFORMITY; MANIFOLD CONFIGURATION; MODULAR SHORT STACK; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL STACK;

SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC);

AIRFLOW; FUEL CELL; GEOMETRY; OPTIMIZATION; OXIDE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84884208775     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.04.035     Document Type: Article

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