Theoretical Investigation of the Relation Between the Output of a Methane Internal Reforming SOFC and the Composition of the Feedstream


Authors
E. Vakouftsi, G. Marnellos, C. Athanassiou, F.A. Coutelieris
Publication Year
2010
Journal Name
Defect and Diffusion Forum
Volume
297-301
Pages
838-843
Research Area
Modelling of Fuel Cells

Abstract:
It is a common point for the current fuel cell research to correlate the composition of the feedstream to the output of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC). In this direction, the detailed steadystate transport processes (i.e. the flow regime, the heat transfer, the mass and the charge transport) are mathematically described here. A new mesoscopic mathematical model has been developed through the relative differential equations along with the appropriate boundary conditions, which have been numerically integrated by using the commercially available software CFD-ACE+, in order to calculate the electricity produced by the fuel cell. It is found that the produced current density increases with CH4 percentage in the feeding mixture.
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