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The Ejector Design and Test for 5kW MCFC System  

Kim, Beom-Joo (Renewable Energy Research Group, Korea Electric Power Research Institute, KEPCO)
Kim, Do-Hyeong (Renewable Energy Research Group, Korea Electric Power Research Institute, KEPCO)
Lee, Jung-Hyun (Renewable Energy Research Group, Korea Electric Power Research Institute, KEPCO)
Lee, Sung-Yoon (Renewable Energy Research Group, Korea Electric Power Research Institute, KEPCO)
Kim, Jin-Yoel (Renewable Energy Research Group, Korea Electric Power Research Institute, KEPCO)
Kang, Seung-Won (Renewable Energy Research Group, Korea Electric Power Research Institute, KEPCO)
Lim, Hee-Chun (Renewable Energy Research Group, Korea Electric Power Research Institute, KEPCO)
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Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society / v.20, no.1, 2009 , pp. 31-37 More about this Journal
Abstract
An ejector is a machine utilized for mixing fluid, maintaining a vacuum, and transporting fluid. The Ejector enhances system efficiency, are easily operated, have a mechnically simple structure, and do not require a power supply. Because of these advantages, the ejector has been applied to a variety of industrial fields such as refrigerators, power plants and oil plants. In this work, an ejector was used to safely recycle anode tail gas in a 5 kW Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell system at KEPRI(Korea Electric Power Research Institute). In this system, the ejector is placed at mixing point between the anode tail gas and the cathode tail gas or the fresh air. Commercial ejectors are not designed for the actual operating conditions for our fuel cell system. A new ejector was therefore designed for use beyond conventional operating limits. In this study, the entrainment ratio is measured according to the diametrical ratio of nozzle to throat in the designed ejector. This helps to define important criteria of ejectors for MCFC recycling.
Keywords
Ejector; Molten carbonate fuel cell; Entrainment ratio; Hydrogen recirculation; Pressure coefficient; Mach number; Diffuser; Nozzle;
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