Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology: Recent submissions
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Time-Resolved Water Measurement in a PEM Fuel Cell Using High-Resolution Neutron Imaging Technique
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The dynamic process of water transport along the through-plane direction in the membrane electrode assembly of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell was investigated using the high-resolution ... -
An Analytical Solution to Predict the Inception of Two-Phase Flow in a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The presence of liquid water at the cathode of proton exchange membrane fuel cell hinders the reactant supply to the electrode and is known as electrode flooding. The flooding at the cathode ... -
Numerical Analysis of a Steam Reformer Coupled With a Combustion Burner
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)This study focuses on a numerical simulation of a steam reforming system. The steam reforming system consisted of a cylindrical steam reformer and a combustion burner. The heat was supplied ... -
A Feasibility Study of Ribbon Architecture for PEM Fuel Cells
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The feasibility of an alternative fuel cell architecture, called a ribbon membrane electrode assembly (MEA), is demonstrated for low-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells used ... -
Various Lanthanum Ferrite-Based Cathode Materials With Ni and Cu Substitution for Anode-Supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The electrochemical performance of solid oxide fuel cells with cathodes made of La0.58Sr0.4Fe0.8Ni0.2O3−δ, La0.58Sr0.4Fe0.8Cu0.2O3−δ, La0.58Sr0.4Fe0.6Cu0.2Co0.2O3−δ, La0.58Sr0.4Fe0.7Cu0.1Co0.2O3−δ, and ... -
Microlith Supported Sulfur Tolerant Catalyst for Autothermal Reforming of E85 Fuel
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Under a U.S. Army program, PCI has developed autothermal reforming catalysts for E85 to provide stable performance in the presence of fuel sulfur as well as corrosion inhibitors. The catalysts ... -
A Systematic Literature Review on BSCF-Based Cathodes for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Applications
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Academic research into Ba1−ySryCo1−xFexO3 cathode (BSCF) for solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) applications has proliferated significantly over the last few years. However, the homogeneity of literature ... -
High Power Internal-Reforming Direct Carbonate Fuel Cell Stack Development Through Mathematical Modeling and Engineering Optimization
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Fuel cell power generation has evolved from the laboratory and aerospace applications, and moved onto practical applications of stationary power generation and automotive propulsion, driven by its ... -
Numerical Analysis of a Cell-Based Indirect Internal Reforming Tubular SOFC Operating With Biogas
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)A numerical study is performed on the thermal and electrochemical characteristics of a tubular solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) employing the steam reforming of biogas in each individual cell unit ... -
Effect of Hydrophobicity in Cathode Porous Media on PEM Fuel Cell Performance
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Water management is a key issue for the performance of a polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell. Materials of the fuel cell would affect the water transportation in the flow field, thus ... -
Effects of Distributed Generation on Voltage Levels in a Radial Distribution Network Without Communication
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The challenges associated with incorporating a large amount of distributed generation (DG), including fuel cells, into a radial distribution feeder are examined using a dynamic MATLAB /SIMULINK ... -
Fabrication of Anode-Supported Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Using an Extrusion and Vacuum Infiltration Techniques
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)A simple and mass productive extrusion technique was applied to fabricate anode-supported tubular solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). A standard NiO/8YSZ (nickel oxide/8 mol % yttria stabilized ... -
The Use of a High Temperature Wind Tunnel for MT-SOFC Testing—Part I: Detailed Experimental Temperature Measurement of an MT-SOFC Using an Avant-Garde High Temperature Wind Tunnel and Various Measurement Techniques
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The purpose of the first part of this study was to compare four different temperature measuring methods. The application of these tools for possible temperature monitoring or calibration of ... -
Designing Microfuel Cells for Portable Electronics
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The main driving force in the developments of consumer electronics, such as cell phones and laptop computers, is longer run times and more functionality. In this quest for higher energy ... -
Transparent PEM Fuel Cells for Direct Visualization Experiments
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)This paper reviews some of the previous research works on direct visualization of water behavior inside proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells using a transparent single cell. Several papers ... -
Effect of the Capillary Property of Porous Media on the Water Transport Characteristics in a Passive Liquid-Feed DMFC
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The porous diffusion medium (DM) used in fuel cells has a complex heterogeneous structure in which both hydrophilic and hydrophobic pores coexist. The capillary flow in such a mixed-wet DM is ... -
Control Performance Study on the Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell Hybrid Systems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The intention of this work is to investigate the control characteristics of molten carbonate fuel cell hybrid systems through dynamic simulation. Because of the complexity and interaction between ... -
Modeling of a Methane Fuelled Direct Carbon Fuel Cell System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Direct Carbon Fuel Cells (DCFCs) have great thermodynamic advantages over other high temperature fuel cells such as molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC) and solid oxide fuel cell. They can have ... -
A Dynamic Model of PEMFC System for the Simulation of Residential Power Generation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)A proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) system of residential power generator (RPG) has a different operating strategy from the PEMFC system of transportation application because of its ... -
Influence of Different Aspects of the SOFC Anode Environment on the Oxidation Behavior of Porous Samples Made of Crofer
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Crofer can be considered as the reference interconnect material in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) working under 800°C. Thanks to its thermal expansion coefficient, it is suitable to replace ...