TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hirschfeld, Julian A.
A1  - Lustfeld, Hans
A1  - Reißel, Martin
A1  - Steffen, Bernhard
T1  - Tomographic diagnostics of current distributions in a fuel cell stack
T2  - International Journal of Energy Research
N2  - A novel tomographic scheme for analysing the state of any single membrane electrode assembly (MEA) in a stack is suggested. Plates of very high conductivity placed between every fuel cell and slitted in an appropriate manner cause surface currents at well-defined locations of the stack. We show that knowing these surface currents, information about anomalies of the currents in a MEA can be obtained using the methods of tomography. The results are mathematically not unique. However, when assuming plausible defect structures, one can exclude improbable deficiencies by applying a special form of simulated annealing. We present numerical calculations of typical examples demonstrating that the essential defects of the MEA in any single cell of the stack can be detected and their extent can be determined.
Y1  - 2010
UR  - https://opus.bibliothek.fh-aachen.de/opus4/frontdoor/index/index/docId/4131
SN  - 0363-907X
VL  - 34
IS  - 3
SP  - 284
EP  - 292
PB  - Wiley
CY  - London
ER  -