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Temperature Characteristics of the Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell Stack

용융탄산염형 연료전지의 스택구조와 온도특성

  • 이충곤 (한국전력공사 전력연구원) ;
  • 안교상 (한국전력공사 전력연구원) ;
  • 박성연 (한국전력공사 전력연구원) ;
  • 서혜경 (한국전력공사 전력연구원) ;
  • 임희천 (한국전력공사 전력연구원)
  • Published : 2004.03.30
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Abstract

Temperature characteristics in a stack of molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC) have been investigated with simulation based on the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) codes and experimental way. The MCFC has generally two stack structures when the natural gas is used as fuel; one is the external reforming type and the other is internal reforming type. Computer simulation at the external reforming stack suggests that the maximum temperature in the stack depends on the gas flow length. The 2 kW MCFC stack with 25 cm gas flow length showed about $675^\circ{C}$ of maximum temperature.

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