Development, analysis and assessment of a fuel cell and solar photovoltaic system powered vehicle

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 129, Issue , 2016, Pages 284-292

  Ezzat, M F ^a,b   Dincer, I ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Energy; Exergy; Fuel cell; Integrated system; Photovoltaics; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; EXERGY; HYDROGEN STORAGE; INTEGRATED CONTROL; LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SECONDARY BATTERIES; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ENERGY; ENERGY AND EXERGY EFFICIENCY; HYDROGEN CONSUMPTION; HYDROGEN STORAGE TANK; INTEGRATED SYSTEMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC FUEL-CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM;

FUEL CELLS;

EID: 84992525120     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2016.10.025     Document Type: Article

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