Equation for General Description of Power Behaviour in Fuel Cells
Joint Authors
Lavorante, María J.
Sanguinetti, Alfredo R.
Fasoli, Héctor J.
Aiello, Ricardo M.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-11-07
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The analytical development of an equation that allows representing the general behavior of electrochemical cells and, in particular, proton exchange membrane fuel cells is presented in this work.
The statement from which the proposed equation emerged was made by Rysselberghe where electrolytic cells work as power supply and around which an electrical current moves out of equilibrium.
The data used to test the equation were taken from discharged slopes of PEM fuel cells constructed in the Institute of Scientific and Technical Research for the Defense with researchers from the Army Engineering Faculty and from literature.
The equation P r = I r ( 2 - I r ) makes it clear that the relative power ( P r ) is a quadratic function of the relative current ( I r ) and shows a correlation coefficient close to 0.99 with respect to the experimental results of all data analyzed.
It is important to remark that the parameters by which the prototypes were constructed were different: the amount and type of catalysts used, the active area, the material of bipolar plates, the type of electrolyte, the number of unit cells, and the different working conditions.
In all cases and in spite of all the differences, which are very significant, the parametric equation proposed fits very well.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Lavorante, María J.& Sanguinetti, Alfredo R.& Fasoli, Héctor J.& Aiello, Ricardo M.. 2018. Equation for General Description of Power Behaviour in Fuel Cells. Journal of Renewable Energy،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-11.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Lavorante, María J.…[et al.]. Equation for General Description of Power Behaviour in Fuel Cells. Journal of Renewable Energy No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-11.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Lavorante, María J.& Sanguinetti, Alfredo R.& Fasoli, Héctor J.& Aiello, Ricardo M.. Equation for General Description of Power Behaviour in Fuel Cells. Journal of Renewable Energy. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1197943
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1197943