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Stationary fuel-cell applications

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Formic acid is considered as one of the promising organic liquid hydrogen carriers for the next generation; it can offer a viable method for safe hydrogen transport. In this chapter, we introduce the potential of formic acid in terms of thermodynamics and ...

2017

Enhanced Equivalent Electrical Circuit Model of Lithium-based Batteries Accounting for Charge Redistribution, State-of-Health and Temperature Effects

Mario Paolone, Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Dimitri Torregrossa, Maryam Bahramipanah

Accurate models capable to predict the dynamic behavior and the State-of-Charge (SoC) of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESSs) is a key aspect for the definition of model-based controls in electric vehicles and in power grid applications of these energy s ...

2017

A linear programming approach to the optimization of residential energy systems

Jan Van Herle, Daniel Kuhn, Priscilla Caliandro, Dirk Lauinger

A decision-support tool (ORES) in the form of a linear program is developed to determine the optimal investment and operating decisions for residential energy systems. It shows how energy conversion units such as a cogeneration fuel cell, a heat pump, a bo ...

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Investigation of the thermal effects in nanofluidic transport and their application in gating

Mojtaba Taghipoor

Scaling down to nanometer size fluidic conduits has opened a new window into the world of sensing and manipulation of nanoscale species. Thousands of publications and hundreds of patents in this field are only a starting point for exploring and manipulatin ...

EPFL2015

A model predictive control strategy for the space heating of a smart building including cogeneration of a fuel cell-electrolyzer system

Mario Paolone, Fabrizio Sossan, Dimitri Torregrossa, Lorenzo Enrique Reyes Chamorro

The objective of this paper is to analyze the value of energy replacement in the context of demand response. Energy replacement is defined as the possibility of the consumer to choose the most convenient source for providing space heating to a smart buildi ...

Elsevier2014

Water photolysis at 12.3% efficiency via perovskite photovoltaics and Earth-abundant catalysts

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Jingshan Luo, Matthew Thomas Mayer, Marcel Roland Schreier, Stanley David Tilley, Jeong-Hyeok Im

Although sunlight-driven water splitting is a promising route to sustainable hydrogen fuel production, widespread implementation is hampered by the expense of the necessary photovoltaic and photoelectrochemical apparatus. Here, we describe a highly efficie ...

American Association for the Advancement of Science2014

Viscoelastic phase diagram of fluorinated and grafted polymer films and proton-exchange membranes for fuel cell applications

Jan-Anders Edvin Maansson, Yves Leterrier, Fabiane Costa Oliveira Moffat

The influence of temperature and moisture activity on the viscoelastic behavior of fluorinated membranes for fuel cell applications was investigated. Uncrosslinked and crosslinked ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE)-based proton-conducting membranes were p ...

2013