Title :
Fuel cells-an introduction
Author_Institution :
Eng. Energy Lab., Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK, USA
Abstract :
Fuel cell is a simple static device that converts chemical energy in a fuel directly isothermally and continuously into electrical energy. Isothermal operation enables fuel cells to completely bypass the Carnot limitation on efficiency suffered by heat engines operating between a hot side and a cold side. Thus fuel cells inherently promise higher conversion efficiencies.
Keywords :
fuel; fuel cell power plants; fuel cells; heat engines; chemical-electrical energy conversion; conversion efficiencies; fuel cell power plants; fuel cells; heat engines; isothermal operation; Fuel cells;
Conference_Titel :
Power Engineering Society Summer Meeting, 2001
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7173-9
DOI :
10.1109/PESS.2001.970128
