The Energy Budget in Tubular and Planar Type Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Studied through Numerical Simulation

Pei Wen Li; Laura Schaefer; Minking K. Chyu

doi:10.1115/IMECE2003-42426

The Energy Budget in Tubular and Planar Type Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Studied through Numerical Simulation

Pei Wen Li, Laura Schaefer, Minking K. Chyu

Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

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The energy budget in a tubular and a planar type solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) is studied based on numerical simulation. By solving the discretized governing equations for flow, temperature, and mass fraction of gas species in the fuel cells, the detailed local parameters determining the local electromotive forces are obtained. The energy flows of electrical power, Joule heating, thermal energy from the entropy change of the electrochemical reaction, as well as the chemical reaction heat by reforming and shift reactions are delineated and compared for the two different types of SOFCs.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	429-436
Number of pages	8
Journal	American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) HTD
Volume	374
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2003-42426
State	Published - 2003
Event	2003 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress - Washington, DC., United States Duration: Nov 15 2003 → Nov 21 2003

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