1. Home
  2. Food–Chem–Bio industry processes
  3. Green chemistry
  4. PEMFC and SOFC fuel cells - description and management of the system

  5. Conclusion and outlook

Article | REF: BE8595 V1

PEMFC and SOFC fuel cells - description and management of the system

Authors: Denis CANDUSSO, Raynal GLISES, Daniel HISSEL, Jean-Marie KAUFFMANN, Marie-Cécile PERA

Publication date: October 10, 2007, Review date: August 17, 2022 | Lire en français

You do not have access to this resource.
Click here to request your free trial access!

Already subscribed? Log in!

Automatically translated using artificial intelligence technology (Note that only the original version is binding) > find out more.

    A  |  A

    3. Conclusion and outlook

    Fuel cell systems of the proton exchange membrane type operating at low or high SOFC temperatures are highly complex assemblies in which the operating parameters interact strongly with one another.

    This complexity is due in particular to the constraints of gas temperature, pressure and humidity. As a result, a fuel cell system comprises three energy-consuming fluidic circuits; the one that consumes the most energy is undoubtedly the air circuit, due to the compressor and associated humidification circuit.

    The main areas of research for fuel cell systems therefore primarily concern membranes, in order to control water management and, if necessary, operate at much higher temperatures, but the physical conditions for gases will then be profoundly altered.

    Fuel cell applications will remain uncommon for some years to...

    You do not have access to this resource.

    Exclusive to subscribers. 97% yet to be discovered!

    You do not have access to this resource.
    Click here to request your free trial access!

    Already subscribed? Log in!

    The Ultimate Scientific and Technical Reference

    A Comprehensive Knowledge Base, with over 1,200 authors and 100 scientific advisors
    + More than 10,000 articles and 1,000 how-to sheets, over 800 new or updated articles every year
    From design to prototyping, right through to industrialization, the reference for securing the development of your industrial projects

    This article is included in

    Green chemistry

    This offer includes:

    Knowledge Base

    Updated and enriched with articles validated by our scientific committees

    Services

    A set of exclusive tools to complement the resources

    Practical Path

    Operational and didactic, to guarantee the acquisition of transversal skills

    Doc & Quiz

    Interactive articles with quizzes, for constructive reading

    Subscribe now!

    Ongoing reading
    Conclusion and outlook
    Outline