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Fuel cell stack monitoring and system control

Keskula et al., 2005

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17968466150615753605
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Keskula D
Doan T
Clingerman B
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A control method for monitoring a fuel cell stack in a fuel cell system in which the actual voltage and actual current from the fuel cell stack are monitored. A preestablished relationship between voltage and current over the operating range of the fuel cell is …
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