Numerical study of thermal stresses in high-temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cell (HT-PEMFC)

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2785-2794

  Oh, Kyeongmin ^a   Chippar, Purushothama ^a   Ju, Hyunchul ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; High temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cell (HT PEMFC); Numerical modeling; Polybenzimidazole (PBI); Thermal stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895065355     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.01.201     Document Type: Conference Paper

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