Thermodynamic modelling of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell

International Journal of Exergy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-44

  Ay, M ^a   Midilli, A ^a   Dincer, I ^b  

^a NIGDE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

cell pressure; cell temperature; current density; efficiency; energy; exergy; fuel cell; PEMFC; thermodynamic irreversibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84951716261     PISSN: 17428297     EISSN: 17428300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEX.2006.008324     Document Type: Article

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