Unsteady state numerical study of carbon deposition on the performance of solid oxide fuel cell and variation of porosity

  • سال انتشار: 1402
  • محل انتشار: دو فصلنامه تحقیقات کاربردی در مهندسی مکانیک، دوره: 12، شماره: 2
  • کد COI اختصاصی: JR_JCARME-12-2_009
  • زبان مقاله: انگلیسی
  • تعداد مشاهده: 94
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نویسندگان

Hamed Khoshkam

Department of Mechanical Engineering, the University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran

Kazem Atashkari

Department of Mechanical Engineering, the University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran

Mehdi Borji

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lahijan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Lahijan, Iran

چکیده

Carbon deposition has a serious effect on the failure mechanism of solid oxide fuel cells. A comprehensive investigation based on a two-dimensional model of a solid oxide fuel cell with the detailed electrochemical model is presented to study the mechanism and effects of carbon deposition and unsteady state porosity variation.  Studies of this kind can be an aid to identify the SOFC optimal working conditions and provide an approximate fuel cell lifetime. It has been revealed that, due to carbon deposition, the porosity coefficient of the fuel cell decreases. Consequently, a reduction in the amount of fuel consumption along the fuel cell and the chemical and electrochemical reaction rates are resulted which can be clearly seen in the off-gases molar ratio. The percentage of output fuel changes in the timeframe is useful information for optimizing CHP systems including fuel cells. The percentage of the output water vapor, which usually increases compared to the input, decreases by ۱۷% at the end of the working period. Also, unreacted methane in the output of the fuel cell increased by ۱۲%; in other words, it is wasted. The other consequence of carbon deposition reduced electrochemical and chemical reaction rates and the reduction of temperature difference along the cell. The study shows that after ۱۴۵ working days, the temperature difference along the cell varies from ۱۱۷ °C for the starting time to ۷ °C. Also, by reducing the current density, the cell output power density decreases by ۷۲% after ۱۴۵ working days.

کلیدواژه ها

Solid oxide fuel cell, Carbon deposition, Porosity change, Numerical simulation, Temperature distribution

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