scholarly journals 3D Self-Architectured Steam Electrode Enabled Efficient and Durable Hydrogen Production in a Proton-Conducting Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell at Temperatures Lower Than 600 °C

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (11) ◽  
pp. 1800360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Wu ◽  
Hanping Ding ◽  
Yunya Zhang ◽  
Yong Ding ◽  
Prashant Katiyar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Production ◽  
Solid Oxide ◽  
Electrolysis Cell ◽  
Proton Conducting ◽  
Solid Oxide Electrolysis ◽  
Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell

Intermediate-temperature solid oxide electrolysis cells with thin proton-conducting electrolyte and a robust air electrode

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (44) ◽  
pp. 22945-22951 ◽  
Author(s):  
Libin Lei ◽  
Zetian Tao ◽  
Xiaoming Wang ◽  
John P. Lemmon ◽  
Fanglin Chen
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Solid Oxide ◽  
Intermediate Temperature ◽  
Chemical Energy ◽  
Electrolysis Cell ◽  
Proton Conducting ◽  
Electrolysis Cells ◽  
Solid Oxide Electrolysis ◽  
Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell ◽  
Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells

A proton-conducting solid oxide electrolysis cell (H-SOEC) is a promising device that efficiently converts electrical energy to chemical energy.

Demonstration of hydrogen production in a hybrid lignite-assisted solid oxide electrolysis cell

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (41) ◽  
pp. 22770-22779 ◽  
Author(s):  
Costas Athanasiou ◽  
Ioannis Garagounis ◽  
Vasileios Kyriakou ◽  
Anastasios Vourros ◽  
George E. Marnellos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Production ◽  
Solid Oxide ◽  
Electrolysis Cell ◽  
Solid Oxide Electrolysis ◽  
Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell

scholarly journals 3D CFD Electrochemical and Heat Transfer Model of an Internally Manifolded Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grant L. Hawkes ◽  
James E. O’Brien ◽  
Greg G. Tao
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Hydrogen Production ◽  
Current Density ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Solid Oxide ◽  
Electrolysis Cell ◽  
Transfer Model ◽  
Gas Composition ◽  
Solid Oxide Electrolysis ◽  
Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell

A three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and electrochemical model has been created to model high-temperature electrolysis cell performance and steam electrolysis in an internally manifolded planar solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) stack. This design is being evaluated experimentally at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) for hydrogen production from nuclear power and process heat. Mass, momentum, energy, and species conservation are numerically solved by means of the commercial CFD code FLUENT. A solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) model adds the electrochemical reactions and loss mechanisms and computation of the electric field throughout the cell. The FLUENT SOFC user-defined subroutine was modified for this work to allow for operation in the SOEC mode. Model results provide detailed profiles of temperature, operating potential, steam-electrode gas composition, oxygen-electrode gas composition, current density and hydrogen production over a range of stack operating conditions. Results will be presented for a five-cell stack configuration that simulates the geometry of five-cell stack tests performed at the INL and at Materials and System Research, Inc. (MSRI). Results will also be presented for a single cell that simulates conditions in the middle of a large stack. Flow enters the stack from the bottom, distributes through the inlet plenum, flows across the cells, gathers in the outlet plenum and flows downward making an upside-down “U” shaped flow pattern. Flow and concentration variations exist downstream of the inlet holes. Predicted mean outlet hydrogen and steam concentrations vary linearly with current density, as expected. Contour plots of local electrolyte temperature, current density, and Nernst potential indicate the effects of heat transfer, reaction cooling/heating, and change in local gas composition. Results are discussed for using this design in the electrolysis mode. Discussion of thermal neutral voltage, enthalpy of reaction, hydrogen production, cell thermal efficiency, cell electrical efficiency, and Gibbs free energy are discussed and reported herein.

3D CFD Electrochemical and Heat Transfer Model of an Integrated-Planar Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grant Hawkes ◽  
James O’Brien
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Hydrogen Production ◽  
Current Density ◽  
Solid Oxide ◽  
Electrolysis Cell ◽  
Gas Composition ◽  
Ceramic Tube ◽  
Nernst Potential ◽  
Solid Oxide Electrolysis ◽  
Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell

A three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) electrochemical model has been created to assess high-temperature electrolysis performance of an Integrated Planar porous-tube-supported Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell (IP-SOEC). The model includes ten integrated planar cells in a segmented-in-series geometry deposited on a flattened ceramic support tube. Mass, momentum, energy, and species conservation and transport are provided via the core features of the commercial CFD code FLUENT. A solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) module adds the electrochemical reactions and loss mechanisms and computation of the electric field throughout the cell. The FLUENT SOFC user-defined subroutine was modified for this work to allow for operation in the SOEC mode. Model results provide detailed profiles of temperature, Nernst potential, operating potential, activation over-potential, anode-side gas composition, cathode-side gas composition, current density and hydrogen production over a range of stack operating conditions. Predicted mean outlet hydrogen and steam concentrations vary linearly with current density, as expected. Contour plots of local electrolyte temperature, current density, and Nernst potential indicated the effects of heat transfer, endothermic reaction, Ohmic heating, and change in local gas composition. Results are discussed for using this design in the electrolysis mode. Discussion of thermal neutral voltage, enthalpy of reaction, hydrogen production is reported herein. Predictions show negative pressure in the H2 electrode, indicating a possible limit of H2O diffusion through the ceramic tube. Minimum temperatures occur in the fuel and air downstream corner of the ceramic tube for voltages below the thermal neutral point.

Modeling and optimization of proton-conducting solid oxide electrolysis cell: Conversion of CO2 into value-added products

2016 ◽  
Vol 331 ◽  
pp. 515-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawit Namwong ◽  
Suthida Authayanun ◽  
Dang Saebea ◽  
Yaneeporn Patcharavorachot ◽  
Amornchai Arpornwichanop
Keyword(s):  
Value Added ◽  
Solid Oxide ◽  
Electrolysis Cell ◽  
Proton Conducting ◽  
Modeling And Optimization ◽  
Cell Conversion ◽  
Solid Oxide Electrolysis ◽  
Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell ◽  
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