Comparative study of durability of hybrid direct carbon fuel cells with anthracite coal and bituminous coal
Abstract
Direct carbon fuel cells offer the opportunity of generating energy from coal at high efficiency as an alternative to the procedure of conventional power plants. In this study, raw anthracite coal and raw bituminous coal were investigated in a hybrid direct carbon fuel cell (HDCFC), which was a combination of a solid oxide fuel cell and a molten carbonate fuel cell. Mechanical mixing was confirmed to be an efficient method of mixing coal with carbonate. The coal samples had different properties, for example, carbon content, hydrogen content, volatile matter and impurities. The results showed that the maximum power density obtained by the cell with anthracite coal was similar to that obtained by the cell with bituminous coal. It was found that the total power output from coal in HDCFCs mostly depended on the carbon content, while volatile matter, hydrogen content, moisture, etc. had an effect on the short-term durability. HDCFCs were kept operating for more than 120 h with 1.6 g coal. This study demonstrates that energy can be generated efficiently by employing anthracite and bituminous coal in hybrid direct carbon fuel cells.
Citation
Jiang , C , Ma , J , Arenillas , A , Bonaccorso , A D & Irvine , J T S 2016 , ' Comparative study of durability of hybrid direct carbon fuel cells with anthracite coal and bituminous coal ' , International Journal of Hydrogen Energy , vol. 41 , no. 41 , pp. 18797-18806 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.04.047
Publication
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0360-3199Type
Journal article
Rights
© 2016 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.04.047
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The author would like to acknowledge the funding support of “Efficient Conversion of Coal to Electricity-Direct Coal Fuel Cell” with the grant number “RFCR-CT-2011-00004” from the Research Fund for Coal & Steel of the European commission. CJ acknowledges the Royal Society of Edinburgh for a RSE BP Hutton Prize in Energy Innovation.Collections
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