Fabrication and Operation of Flow-Through Tubular SOFCs for Electric Power and Synthesis Gas Cogeneration from Methane

Flow-through type tubular solid oxide fuel cells were successfully fabricated and operated with a single-chamber configuration for realizing the simultaneous generation of electric power and synthesis gas from methane by integrating a downstream catalyst into the fuel cell reactor. A new operation m...

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Main Authors: Shi, Huangang, Su, Chao, Yang, Guangming, Ran, Ran, Hao, Yong, Tade, Moses, Shao, Zongping
Format: Journal Article
Published: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11051
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author Shi, Huangang
Su, Chao
Yang, Guangming
Ran, Ran
Hao, Yong
Tade, Moses
Shao, Zongping
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Su, Chao
Yang, Guangming
Ran, Ran
Hao, Yong
Tade, Moses
Shao, Zongping
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building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description Flow-through type tubular solid oxide fuel cells were successfully fabricated and operated with a single-chamber configuration for realizing the simultaneous generation of electric power and synthesis gas from methane by integrating a downstream catalyst into the fuel cell reactor. A new operation mode, which completely eliminated the gas diffusion between cathode side and anode side, is proposed. The cell showed high open-circuit voltages of 1.02–1.08 V at the furnace temperature range of 650–800°C when operating on CH4-O2 gas mixture at a molar ratio of 2:1. A peak power density of approximately 300 mW cm-2 and a maximum power output of 1.5 W were achieved for a single cell with an effective cathode geometric surface area of 5.4 cm2 at the furnace temperature of 750°C. The in-situ initialization of the cell using CH4-O2 gas mixture was also realized via applying an effective catalyst into the tubular cell.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-110512017-09-13T14:54:24Z Fabrication and Operation of Flow-Through Tubular SOFCs for Electric Power and Synthesis Gas Cogeneration from Methane Shi, Huangang Su, Chao Yang, Guangming Ran, Ran Hao, Yong Tade, Moses Shao, Zongping electric power methane solid oxide fuel cells tubular cell single chamber Flow-through type tubular solid oxide fuel cells were successfully fabricated and operated with a single-chamber configuration for realizing the simultaneous generation of electric power and synthesis gas from methane by integrating a downstream catalyst into the fuel cell reactor. A new operation mode, which completely eliminated the gas diffusion between cathode side and anode side, is proposed. The cell showed high open-circuit voltages of 1.02–1.08 V at the furnace temperature range of 650–800°C when operating on CH4-O2 gas mixture at a molar ratio of 2:1. A peak power density of approximately 300 mW cm-2 and a maximum power output of 1.5 W were achieved for a single cell with an effective cathode geometric surface area of 5.4 cm2 at the furnace temperature of 750°C. The in-situ initialization of the cell using CH4-O2 gas mixture was also realized via applying an effective catalyst into the tubular cell. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11051 10.1002/aic.14312 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. restricted
spellingShingle electric power
methane
solid oxide fuel cells
tubular cell
single chamber
Shi, Huangang
Su, Chao
Yang, Guangming
Ran, Ran
Hao, Yong
Tade, Moses
Shao, Zongping
Fabrication and Operation of Flow-Through Tubular SOFCs for Electric Power and Synthesis Gas Cogeneration from Methane
title Fabrication and Operation of Flow-Through Tubular SOFCs for Electric Power and Synthesis Gas Cogeneration from Methane
title_full Fabrication and Operation of Flow-Through Tubular SOFCs for Electric Power and Synthesis Gas Cogeneration from Methane
title_fullStr Fabrication and Operation of Flow-Through Tubular SOFCs for Electric Power and Synthesis Gas Cogeneration from Methane
title_full_unstemmed Fabrication and Operation of Flow-Through Tubular SOFCs for Electric Power and Synthesis Gas Cogeneration from Methane
title_short Fabrication and Operation of Flow-Through Tubular SOFCs for Electric Power and Synthesis Gas Cogeneration from Methane
title_sort fabrication and operation of flow-through tubular sofcs for electric power and synthesis gas cogeneration from methane
topic electric power
methane
solid oxide fuel cells
tubular cell
single chamber
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11051