Fuel cells: History and updating. A walk along two centuries

JM Andújar, F Segura - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2009 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the history of fuel cells. Its follows the path from the invention of the fuel
cell up to present days. Fuel cell types as well as their advantages, disadvantages and …

Review of fuel cell technologies and applications for sustainable microgrid systems

D Akinyele, E Olabode, A Amole - Inventions, 2020 - mdpi.com
The shift from centralized to distributed generation and the need to address energy shortage
and achieve the sustainability goals are among the important factors that drive increasing …

A review of energy management strategies for renewable hybrid energy systems with hydrogen backup

FJ Vivas, A De las Heras, F Segura… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Hybrid systems are presented as a viable, safe and effective solution to minimize the
associated problems of the dependence on renewable energies with the environmental …

Recent advances in the electro‑oxidation of urea for direct urea fuel cell and urea electrolysis

K Ke, G Wang, D Cao, G Wang - Electrocatalysis, 2020 - Springer
This paper provides an overview of recent advances in urea electro-oxidation. Urea sources
are abundant from human urine, urea-containing wastewater, and industrial urea, thus …

Energy management of fuel cell/solar cell/supercapacitor hybrid power source

P Thounthong, V Chunkag, P Sethakul… - Journal of power …, 2011 - Elsevier
This study presents an original control algorithm for a hybrid energy system with a
renewable energy source, namely, a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) and a …

Air-cooled fuel cells: Keys to design and build the oxidant/cooling system

A De las Heras, FJ Vivas, F Segura, MJ Redondo… - Renewable Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
In the field of energy, hydrogen as an energetic vector is becoming increasingly important.
Specifically, fuel cells powered by hydrogen are becoming an alternative in automotive and …

Novel remote monitoring platform for RES-hydrogen based smart microgrid

I González, AJ Calderón, JM Andújar - Energy Conversion and …, 2017 - Elsevier
In the context of the future power grids–Smart Grids (SGs)–Smart MicroGrids (SMGs) play a
paramount role. These ones are very specific portions of the SGs that deal with integration of …

Hydrogen economy of the fuel cell hybrid power system optimized by air flow control to mitigate the effect of the uncertainty about available renewable power and load …

N Bizon, JM Lopez-Guede, E Kurt… - Energy Conversion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract A new Energy Management Strategy to reduce the hydrogen consumption is
proposed for Hybrid Power Systems based on Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell …

A high-flexibility DC load for fuel cell and solar arrays power sources based on DC–DC converters

E Duran, JM Andujar, F Segura, AJ Barragan - Applied energy, 2011 - Elsevier
In this paper, a flexible DC load to test and evaluate current–voltage characteristics of fuel
cells stacks and photovoltaic modules based on DC–DC converters is proposed. The load …

Optimal sizing design and energy management of stand-alone photovoltaic/wind generator systems

I Tégani, A Aboubou, MY Ayad, M Becherif, R Saadi… - Energy Procedia, 2014 - Elsevier
Presently, the photovoltaic (PV) and the wind energies are the most important energetic
alternative resources. So far, a lot of researches are developed and conducted concerning …