The thermal effect in direct carbon solid oxide fuel cells

Haoran Xu; Bin Chen; Houcheng Zhang; Wei Kong; Bo Liang; Meng Ni

doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2017.03.027

The thermal effect in direct carbon solid oxide fuel cells

Haoran Xu, Bin Chen, Houcheng Zhang, Wei Kong, Bo Liang, Meng Ni

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Abstract

After model validation, parametric simulations are carried out to study the effects of operating and structural parameters on the thermal behaviors of DC-SOFCs. It is found that the thermal behaviors of DC-SOFC greatly depends on operating parameters and the temperature field in DC-SOFC is highly non-uniform. The position of peak temperature in the cell is highly dependent on the operating potential. In addition, a smaller distance between the carbon bed and the anode is beneficial for improving the temperature uniformity in the DC-SOFC. The breakdown of heat generation/consumption in DC-SOFC shows that the anode processes contribute the most to the temperature variation in the cell. The results of this study form a solid foundation for better thermal management of DC-SOFC.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	652-662
Number of pages	11
Journal	Applied Thermal Engineering
Volume	118
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2017.03.027
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2017

Keywords

Direct carbon fuel cell (DCFC)
Mathematical modeling
Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC)
Temperature

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Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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