2015, Volume 18, Issue 1
Fuelling Mode Effect on a PEM Fuel Cell Stack Efficiency
1 National Research and Development Institute for Cryogenics and Isotopic Technologies - ICSI Rm. Valcea, Uzinei Street no. 4, PO Box Râureni 7, 240050, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania
2 University of Pitesti, Romania
*Corresponding author: Mircea Raceanu, E-mail: Mircea.Raceanu@icsi.ro
Published: May 2015Abstract
The paper deals with the experimental studies performed on a NEDSTACK 5 kW PEM Fuel Cell Stack in order to evaluate the influence of the fuelling mode on the stack efficiency. An experimental facility dedicated to fuel cells (FC) and fuel cell stacks (FCS) testing was used. A purge control algorithm was implemented to allow dead- end anode supply.
The FCS alone and the whole FCS based energy system efficiencies were determined in both flow-through and dead-end anode fuelling modes and the results are made known.
Keywords
PEM fuel cell, efficiency, flow-through, dead-end.
Tag search PEM fuel cell efficiency flow-through dead-end
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