... membrane was demonstrated as a potential advanced functional solid electrolyte for possible application in proton exchange membrane fuel cell. 1 Corresponding author. Email: jay.pandey@pilani-bits-pilani.ac.in Email: murali@nitw.ac.in 26 10 2022 11 01 2023 11 01 2023 03 02...

...Shengliang Fan; Guoli Wang; Lei Yang; Pengwei Liu; Xu Han; Zunlong Jin It is always an important research direction to improve the performance of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) through structural optimization. For anode-supported SOFC, the thin cathode thickness results in an uneven distribution...

...Chen Li; Xiaoming Xu; Hao Hu; Nan Mei; Yi Yang The electrochemical reaction inside a high-power fuel cell generates a lot of heat. Excessive heat affects the performance of the membrane, so it is necessary to introduce coolant. The main objective of coolant is regulating the temperature...

... cell thermal management steam reforming hydrogen heavy hydrocarbon Among various kinds of co-generation systems, the fuel-cell system is expected to achieve higher energy-conversion efficiency. Besides, the fuel-cell system can be preferable from environmental points of view, such as CO 2...

...Mostafa Kordi; Ali Jabari Moghadam; Ebrahim Afshari In this research, cooling of polymer membrane fuel cells by nanofluids is numerically studied. Single-phase homogeneous technique is used to evaluate thermophysical properties of the water/Al 2 O 3 nanofluid as a function of temperature...

...Robert C. McDonald; Monjid Hamdan Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC) are typically supplied under pressure or capillary action with a solution of methanol in water optimized for the best specific power and power density at an operating temperature of about 60 °C. Methanol and water consumption...

...S. B. Beale; U. Reimer; D. Froning; H. Jasak; M. Andersson; J. G. Pharoah; W. Lehnert Code stability is a matter of concern for three-dimensional (3D) fuel cell models operating both at high current density and at high cell voltage. An idealized mathematical model of a fuel cell should converge...

...Paolo Pezzini; Kenneth M. Bryden; David Tucker This paper evaluates a state-space methodology of a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) control strategy using a 2 × 2 tightly coupled scenario applied to a physical gas turbine fuel cell hybrid power system. A centralized MIMO controller was preferred...

...Adam S. Hollinger; Stefan T. Thynell Localized temperature gradients in a polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) are known to decrease the durability of the polymer membrane. The most important factor in controlling these temperature gradients is the thermal contact resistance at the interface...

...Ting-Yen Zhou; Yong-Song Chen A bipolar plate (BP) is one of the key components of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) and accounts for a major portion of their manufacturing cost. Stainless steel is considered as one of the candidate materials for the BPs of the cells because of the short...

.... , 2006 , “ A Review of Anode Catalysis in the Direct Methanol Fuel Cell ,” J. Power Sources , 155 ( 2 ), pp. 95 – 110 . 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2006.01.030 [2] Wasmus , S. , and Küver , A. , 1999 , “ Methanol Oxidation and Direct Methanol Fuel Cells: A Selective Review ,” J. Electroanal...

... January 21, 2015. Assoc. Editor: Umberto Desideri. 29 07 2013 14 12 2014 21 01 2015 This paper presents a power control strategy for a marine power system made up of a hybrid diesel generator, a fuel cell, and an energy storage unit. For this purpose, a self-tuning fuzzy control...

... the experiments conducted at 75 °C. This outcome was in parallel with the previous kinetic studies in which the kinetic constant of carbon monoxide oxidation is relatively low against the desorption of carbon monoxide [ 27 ]. There are several mechanisms taking place in the anode side of the PEM fuel cells...

..., 2013; published online April 17, 2014. Editor: Nigel M. Sammes. 02 03 2013 24 07 2013 A new proton exchange membrane fuel cell model was developed based on ionomer nanofibers within the cathode catalyst layer of the fuel cell. No previous models in the literature have incorporated...

.../oxygen proton-exchange membrane fuel cells ranging from room temperature (RT) up to 120 °C. The sulfonated PPO composite membranes were prepared using a sol–gel process employing reaction with tetra-ethoxysilane (TEOS) followed by heat treatment at 60, 90, and 120 °C, respectively. The presence...

...; published online January 30, 2014. Assoc. Editor: Abel Hernandez-Guerrero. 27 07 2012 16 01 2014 The thermal conductivity of the polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) of fuel cells is an important property affecting the overall cell performance. However, very few studies or fuel cell...

... failure in an operating fuel cell. For direct methanol fuel cell applications, high water uptake is not preferable, due to the methanol crossover problem [ 34 ]. Table 2 Methanol permeability and IEC values for different membranes Membrane Methanol permeability ×10 –6 (cm 2 s –1 ) IEC...

... performance of the fuel cell is mainly attributed to the increased kinetics of both the glucose oxidation reaction and oxygen reduction reaction, rendered by a better electrocatalytic activity of Pd-Ni nanoparticles, ordered microchannels, and high surface-to-volume ratio of backbone Si-MCP. Especially...

... online May 7, 2013. Editor: Nigel M. Sammes. 07 10 2012 27 01 2013 The operation of a direct methanol fuel cell with an internal combustion engine in a hybrid system is investigated in terms of fuel efficiency. The following work shows a potential for fuel saving because the engine's...

...P. Naderi; M. Azizianfard 06 04 2012 07 12 2012 Here, a hybrid vehicle structure comprising fuel cell/battery and a PMDC electrical machine has been proposed, in which an intelligent controller is to perform power management and regenerative braking tasks. Instead of a gasoline...