Fuel cell

Fuel cell

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combustion

Electrical equipment; Fuel cell

Combustion or burning is a complex sequence of exothermic chemical reactions between a fuel and an oxidant accompanied by the production of heat or both heat and light in the form of either a glow or ...

composite material

Electrical equipment; Fuel cell

Composite materials (or composites for short) are engineered materials made from two or more constituent materials with significantly different physical or chemical properties and which remain ...

climate change

Electrical equipment; Fuel cell

Climate change is any long-term significant change in the “average weather” that a given region experiences.

cogeneration

Electrical equipment; Fuel cell

Cogeneration (also combined heat and power, CHP) is the use of a heat engine or a power station to simultaneously generate both electricity and useful heat.

catalysis

Electrical equipment; Fuel cell

Catalysis is the process in which the rate of a chemical reaction is increased by means of a chemical substance known as a catalyst.

catalyst poisoning

Electrical equipment; Fuel cell

Catalyst poisoning refers to the effect that a catalyst can be 'poisoned' if it reacts with another compound that bonds chemically (similar to an inhibitor) but does not release, or chemically alters ...

electro-osmotic flow (eof)

Electrical equipment; Fuel cell

The motion of liquid induced by an applied potential across a capillary tube or microchannel. Electroosmotic flow is an essential component in chemical separation techniques, notably capillary ...