Study on direct flame solid oxide fuel cell using flat burner and ethylene flame
Abstract
This paper presents an experimental investigation of direct flame solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) by using a flat-flame burner and fuel-rich ethylene/air premixed flames. A direct flame fuel cell (DFFC) setup is designed and implemented to measure electrochemical characteristics of electrolyte supported (i.e., single cell consisting of Ce0.9Ni0.1O2-δ anode/GDC electrolyte/LSCF-GDC cathode) fuel cell. The fuel cell temperature and cell performance were investigated by operating various fuel/air equivalence ratios and varying distance between burner surface and the fuel cell. A maximum power density of 41 mW/cm2 and current density of 121 mA/cm2 were achieved. Experimental results suggest that the fuel cell performance was greatly influenced by the flame operating conditions and cell position in the flame. The uniformity of the flame temperature and the fuel cell stability were also investigated and calculations of equilibrium gas species composition were performed.
Citation
Hossain , M M , Myung , J , Lan , R , Cassidy , M , Burns , I , Tao , S W & Irvine , J T S 2015 , Study on direct flame solid oxide fuel cell using flat burner and ethylene flame . in K Eguchi & S C Singhal (eds) , 14th International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, SOFC 2015 . ECS Transactions , no. 1 , vol. 68 , Electrochemical Society , pp. 1989-1999 . https://doi.org/10.1149/06801.1989ecst
Publication
14th International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, SOFC 2015
ISSN
1938-5862Type
Conference item
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© The Electrochemical Society, Inc. 2015. All rights reserved. Except as provided under U.S. copyright law, this work may not be reproduced, resold, distributed, or modified without the express permission of The Electrochemical Society (ECS). The archival version of this work was published here: https://dx.doi.org/10.1149/06801.1989ecst
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The authors thank EPSRC SuperGen Hydrogen Fuel Cells Challenges Flame SOFC Project (Grant No EP/K021036/1) for funding.Collections
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