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http://dx.doi.org/10.5916/jkosme.2011.35.4.414

Investigation of a Thermal Stress for the Unit Cell of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell  

Kim, Young-Jin (사단법인 한국선급 녹색산업기술원)
Park, Sang-Kyun (한국선급 녹색산업기술원)
Roh, Gill-Tae (한국선급 녹색산업기술원)
Kim, Mann-Eung (한국선급 녹색산업기술원)
Abstract
Thermal stress analysis of a planar anode-supported SOFC considering electrochemical reactions has been performed under operating conditions where average current density varies from 0 to 2000 $A/m^2$. For the case of the 2000 $A/m^2$ operating condition, Structural stress analysis based on the temperature distributions obtained from the CFD analysis of the unit cell has also been done. From this one way Fluid-Structure Interaction(FSI) analysis, Maximum Von-Mises stress under negligible temperature gradient fields occurs when cell components are perfectly bonded. The maximum stress of the electrolyte, cathode and anode in a unit cell SOFC is 262.58MPa, 28.55MPa and 15.1MPa respectively. The maximum thermal stress is critically dependent on static friction coefficient.
Keywords
Planar SOFC; CFD; Temperature distribution; Thermal stress;
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