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Fuel Cells
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Fuel Cells

by Shripad T. Revankar, Pradip Majumdar
May 2014
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
748 pages
23h 13m
English
CRC Press
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580 Fuel Cells
additional energy from the battery is utilized. During steady-state operation,
the fuel cell energy is used to charge the battery when the output load is low.
Currently, fuel cells supply only average power from the fuel cell. Thus, peak
power must be supplied from some other energy source such as a battery or
supercapacitor. The power conditioning unit must therefore provide means
for interfacing a battery and also ensure its charge maintenance.
13.1.4 Thermal and Water Management
Water is generated at the cathode reaction and must be removed from the
fuel cell to prevent blockage of reaction sites. In the case of PEM fuel cell,
proper humidication of the membrane is necessary to improve proton
transfer (and efciency), so ...
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ISBN: 9781420089684