...Katie S. Howe; Kevin Kendall The transient performance of microtubular solid oxide fuel cells was investigated, with promising results. It was found that a single cell can take less than half a second to adjust to load changes, even when the change steps across the majority of the cell’s range...

...Bikash Mishra; Junxiao Wu A two phase nonisothermal 3D unsteady model is used to study the transients at start-up of a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell. The model is used to simulate start-up under different starting or initial conditions. The objective is to study the transient behavior...

... the airflow in the cathode. The fuel cell performances respond to the transient of load changes influenced by the hydrogen flow rate and step increase in current. The flow change can decrease the high resistance in the transient of the current output, which prevents membrane electrode assembly (MEA...

...P. Berg; K. Promislow; J. Stumper; B. Wetton We present a transient model for an electrically segmented polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell which is run until extinction from a finite oxygen supply. The experimental cell is divided into 16 electrically isolated pucks which are fed oxygen...