... February 6, 2014; published online March 13, 2014. Editor: Nigel M. Sammes. 26 12 2013 06 02 2014 The present work is performed to evaluate the heat transfer performance of a heat exchanger used in a direct methanol fuel cell. Because of material constraints and performance...

... temperature toward the end). Therefore, the CHER tested in the current work is more than enough in size and capacity for the 1-kW SOFC system. In this research, the previously developed transient CHER model [ 22 ] was validated by the experimental results when the CHER is used as both heat exchanger...

... is also a possible option, it causes significant temperature gradients and thermal stress. As an alternative, a compact heat exchange reformer (CHER) with a plate-fin co-flow or counter-flow configuration is proposed. Such a system integrates the heat management and reforming in one compact unit...