B114 Experimental Study on Power Generation Performance of Single Small-Scale Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cell

2006 ◽  
Vol 2006 (0) ◽  
pp. 43-44
Author(s):  
Takeshi HASHIMOTO ◽  
Shinji KIMIJIMA
Author(s):  
Jeongmin Ahn ◽  
Paul D. Ronney ◽  
Zongping Shao ◽  
Sossina M. Haile

A thermally self-sustaining miniature power generation device was developed utilizing a single-chamber solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) placed in a controlled thermal environment provided by a spiral counterflow “Swiss roll” heat exchanger and combustor. With the single-chamber design, fuel/oxygen crossover due to cracking of seals via thermal cycling is irrelevant and coking on the anode is practically eliminated. Appropriate SOFC operating temperatures were maintained even at low Reynolds numbers (Re) via combustion of the fuel cell effluent at the center of the Swiss roll. Both propane and higher hydrocarbon fuels were examined. Extinction limits and thermal behavior of the integrated system were determined in equivalence ratio—Re parameter space and an optimal regime for SOFC operation were identified. SOFC power densities up to 420 mW/cm2 were observed at low Re. These results suggest that single-chamber SOFCs integrated with heat-recirculating combustors may be a viable approach for small-scale power generation devices.


Author(s):  
Jeongmin Ahn ◽  
Paul D. Ronney ◽  
Zongping Shao ◽  
Sossina M. Haile

A thermally self-sustaining miniature power generation device was developed utilizing a single-chamber solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) placed in a controlled thermal environment provided by a spiral counterflow “Swiss roll” heat exchanger and combustor. With the single-chamber design, fuel/oxygen crossover due to cracking of seals via thermal cycling is irrelevant and coking on the anode is practically eliminated. Appropriate SOFC operating temperatures were maintained even at low Reynolds numbers (Re) via combustion of the fuel cell effluent at the center of the Swiss roll. Both propane and higher hydrocarbon fuels were examined. Extinction limits and thermal behavior of the integrated system were determined in equivalence ratio - Re parameter space and an optimal regime for SOFC operation was identified. SOFC power densities up to 420 mW/cm2 were observed at low Re. These results suggest that single-chamber SOFC’s integrated with heat-recirculating combustors may be a viable approach for small-scale power generation devices.


2016 ◽  
Vol 835 ◽  
pp. 199-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pradyot Datta

Depletion of fossil fuel at an alarming rate is a major concern of humankind. Consequently, researchers all over the world are putting a concerted effort for finding alternative and renewable energy. Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) is one such system. SOFCs are electrochemical devices that have several advantages over conventional power generation systems like high efficiency of power generation, low emission of green house gases and the fuel flexibility. The major research focus of recent times is to reduce the operating temperature of SOFC in the range of 500 to 700 °C so as to render it commercially viable. This reduction in temperature is largely dependent on finding an electrolyte material with adequate oxygen ion conductivity at the intended operating temperature. One much material is Gadolinia doped Ceria (CGO) that shows very good oxygen ion conductivity at the intended operation temperature. The aim of this overview is to highlight the contribution that materials chemistry has made to the development of CGO as an electrolyte.


2013 ◽  
Vol 38 (25) ◽  
pp. 10559-10566 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cosimo Guerra ◽  
Andrea Lanzini ◽  
Pierluigi Leone ◽  
Massimo Santarelli ◽  
Davide Beretta

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