Document Type
Article
Abstract
Modeling is an integral part of fuel cell design and development. This paper identifies a long-standing inaccuracy in the fuel cell modeling literature. Specifically, it discusses an inexact insertion, in popular models, of cell/stack current into Nernst's equation in the derivation of output (load) voltage. The origin of the inaccuracy is traced to the nature of reversible and irreversible potentials (equilibrium and non-equilibrium states) in the cell. The significance of the inaccuracy is explained in the context of the electrochemistry and thermodynamics of the fuel cell.
Publication Date
1-1-2018
Publication Title
Energies
Volume
11
Issue
7
DOI
10.3390/en11071851
Recommended Citation
Chakraborty, Uday K., "Reversible and irreversible potentials and an inaccuracy in popularmodels in the fuel cell literature" (2018). Computer Science Faculty Works. 14.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/en11071851
Available at:
https://irl.umsl.edu/cmpsci-faculty/14