The influence off different factors on the temperature distribution in the battery solid oxide fuel cells | Elektrokhimicheskaya Energetika (Electrochemical Energetics)

The thermal model of the power plant based on the solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) fed with methane is developed. The power plant includes three heat-generating zones: a fuel-cell stack, a reactor of partial oxidation (RPO), and an afterburner. It is shown that temperature distribution along the battery depends on three factors: a methane consumption, a methane to air relation in the flow fed to the RPO, and a battery current. Results of modeling well correlate with the experimental data received on the power plant prototype with the SOFC stack consisted on 16 tubular cells.

Authors:

Demin Anatolii Konstantinovich, Institute of high-temperature Electrochemistry UB of RAS, 20, Akademicheskaya St., Yekaterinburg, 620990, a.demin@ihte.uran.ru

Chuikin Aleksandr Yur'evich, Institute of high-temperature Electrochemistry UB of RAS, 20, Akademicheskaya St., Yekaterinburg, 620990, chuykin@ihte.uran.ru

Gorshkov Maksim Yur'evich, Institute of high-temperature Electrochemistry UB of RAS, 20, Akademicheskaya St., Yekaterinburg, 620990, gorshkov@ihte.uran.ru

Efremov Andrei Nikolaevich, Institute of high-temperature Electrochemistry UB of RAS, 20, Akademicheskaya St., Yekaterinburg, 620990, andrey_effremuss@mail.ru

Khrustov Anton Vladimirovich, Institute of high-temperature Electrochemistry UB of RAS, 20, Akademicheskaya St., Yekaterinburg, 620990, a_khrustov@ihte.uran.ru

Key words:

solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC), power plant, simulation, thermal model

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Fuel cells

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18500/1608-4039-2013-13-4-187-191

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