The Fuel Cell Blog
Processing Alternative Fuels for Fuel Cells
Fuel cells are not limited to pure hydrogen gas as fuel. Each type of fuel cell stack has different fuel tolerances. The lower the operating temperatu... Read more
Chemical Hydrides
Fuel cells often use compressed hydrogen as the fuel; however, many other hydrogen sources can be used with fuel cells. Chemical hydride storage is an... Read more
Metal Hydrides
Fuel cells usually use compressed hydrogen as the fuel, but there are many other types of fuels that can be used. The type of fuel used depends upon t... Read more
The Effect of Clamping Pressure on Fuel Cell Performance
There are many steps involved in the manufacturing of a fuel cell stack. One of these steps is the hot pressing of the polymer electrolyte membrane to... Read more
Determining the Best Location for a PV System
This post will help you to determine the best location for a photovoltaic (PV) system. After you have sized your PV system based upon the calculated t... Read more
How to Estimate Electricity Requirements
When you receive your energy bill each month, you may not understand exactly how the total amount has been calculated. Every device or appliance in yo... Read more
Mathematical Models
Mathematical models are a precise description of a problem, process, or technology in the form of mathematics. These models are built to learn more ab... Read more
Battery Energy Storage for the PV System
Batteries store and produce energy as needed. In PV systems, they capture surplus energy generated by your PV system to allow you to store energy for ... Read more
Characteristics and Safety of Hydrogen
Hydrogen has many unusual characteristics compared with other elements. Read more
Photovoltaic System Sizing
This post will help you to determine how to size a photovoltaic (PV) system. By calculating the power, current, and voltage output required, the size ... Read more
Introduction to Fuel Cell Testing
Those who wish to learn more about fuel cells, and even to build their own, may also want to learn how to test those fuel cells. In this post, we will... Read more
Components of a Photovoltaic System
Photovoltaic (PV) panels are comprised of individual cells known as solar cells. Each solar cell generates a small amount of electricity. When you con... Read more
Fuel Cell Heat Flow
Understanding the flow of heat in a fuel cell is important to design and build a fuel cell properly. The energy that flows into and out of each proces... Read more
the simulation time into time steps of equal duration
To accurately estimate the heat flows in the fuel cell, several types of energy need to be accounted for: (1) the heat transfer through the materials,... Read more
Gas Diffusion Layer: Characteristics and Modeling
The gas diffusion layer (GDL) in a fuel cell can consist of a single layer or a double layer (gas diffusion layer and a microporous layer). The GDL is... Read more