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http://dx.doi.org/10.5370/KIEEP.2012.61.3.134

The Effect of Load Conditions for the Power of Mg-Air Fuel Cell  

Kim, Yong-Hyuk (가천대 공대 전기공학과)
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The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P / v.61, no.3, 2012 , pp. 134-139 More about this Journal
Abstract
The power characteristics of the Mg-Air fuel cell were investigated with regard to variation of load conditions. The types of load current using for the Mg-Air fuel cell with 10% NaCl electrolyte were step type, ramp type and pulse type. It was found that transient phenomena occurred in the step current load, which is due to activate of the oxidation-reduction reaction process. And the transient time increase with the load current increase. In the load current of ramp type, the slop of voltage drop increased with current load slop ${\alpha}$ increase. The load voltage and power decreased according to the pulse period of load current decrease were attributed to the metal sludges.
Keywords
Mg-Air fuel cell; Mg electrode; Air electrode; Transient time; Load current; Load voltage; Step current; Ramp current; Pulse current;
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