Current state of technology of fuel cell power systems for autonomous underwater vehicles

Energies

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 4676-4693

  Mendez, Alejandro ^a   Leo, Teresa J ^a   Herreros, Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

AUV; Fuel cell; Hydrogen; Underwater vehicle; UUV

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936858095     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en7074676     Document Type: Article

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