Microscale Modeling of an Anode-Supported Planar Solid Oxide Fuel Cell

✍ Scribed by P. Chinda; W. Wechsatol; S. Chanchaona; P. Brault

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 1014 KB
• Volume: 11
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1615-6846
• DOI: 10.1002/fuce.201000121

✦ Synopsis

The solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) is a highly efficient energy conversion system that transforms chemical energy to electrical energy and heat directly from gasified fuels by electrochemical reactions of fuels and oxidants. The supplied fuels can be hydrocarbon compounds such as CH 4 , C 2 H 6 , and C 3 H 8 , as well as CO beside H 2 . The SOFC can be applied to versatile power generation systems, either stationary power generators or auxiliary power sources in automobiles, in aircrafts, or even in residential applications [1, 2]. Many researchers have been focusing on developing the SOFC fabrication techniques, and new materials to make the SOFC possible commercial applications. Ramakrishna et al. [3] performed numerical analyses of a SOFC on a CFD-ACE package and proposed an innovative thin-walled geometry to improve the power density of the cell. Recently, a novel 3D SOFC was developed by Koh et al. [4] to increase the volumetric power density by increasing the volumetric surface areas of the elec-