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a b<br />
c d<br />
Figure 4.6. (a)-(d) Temperature Effect on Electrolysis<br />
In Figure 4.7, voltage responses of all the <strong>cells</strong> for varying <strong>water</strong> flow rates are<br />
given at 500mAmp/cm 2 . The figure shows the relation between temperature and voltage.<br />
For all <strong>water</strong> flow rates, as seen in Figure 4.7, temperature has a positive effect on<br />
electrolysis efficiency. In this respect, high cell temperature is advantageous for PEM <strong>water</strong><br />
electrolysis but with respect to thermal stability of cell components used in this thesis,<br />
optimum cell temperature was selected as 50 o C. Temperature of the electrolyzers was<br />
controlled with an external fan to achieve isothermal operation (as much as possible) at<br />
50 o C especially for high current densities.<br />
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