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The Effect of the Anode Thickness on Electrolyte Supported SOFCs

  • So Yeon Shin;Dae-Kwang Lim;Taehee Lee;Sang-Yun Jeon
    • Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.145-151
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    • 2023
  • Planer-type electrolyte substrates are often utilized for stack manufacturing of electrolyte-supported solid oxide fuel cells (ES-SOFCs) to fulfill necessary requirements such as a high mechanical strength and redox stability. This work did an electrochemical analysis of ES-SOFC with different NiO-YSZ anode thicknesses to find the optimal value for the high performance of the fuel cell. The cell resistivities were constant at anode thickness between 25-58 ㎛, but a thick anode (74 ㎛) caused a high electrode resistivity leading to a dramatic reduction in cell performance. A stability test was performed for 50 hours at 700℃, and the results showed a degradation rate of 0.3% per 1000 h by extrapolated fitting.

Quantitative Microstructure Analysis to Predict Electrical Property of NiO-YSZ Anode Support for SOFCs (미세조직 정량 분석을 통한 고체산화물 연료전지용 NiO-YSZ 연료극 전기전도도 예측)

  • Wahyudi, Wandi;Ahmed, Bilal;Lee, Seung-Bok;Song, Rak-Hyun;Lee, Jong-Won;Lim, Tak-Hyoung;Park, Seok-Joo
    • Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.237-241
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    • 2013
  • The correlation between NiO-YSZ microstructure and its electrical property used for SOFC anode was critically evaluated with image processing and direct measurement techniques. These innovative processing techniques were employed to quantify the contiguity of the anode constituent phase. The calculated contiguities were then correlated with electrical conductivity attained from 4-probe DC method. This investigation described that contiguity of nickel oxide phases of an anode has a linear relationship with its electrical conductivity. We observed that the contiguity of NiO increased from 0.18 to 0.50 then electrical conductivity attained was significantly increased from 520 S/cm to 1468 S/cm at $900^{\circ}C$.

A Study on Thermal Management of Stack Supply Gas of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell System for Ship Applications (선박 전원용 고체산화물형 연료전지(SOFC) 시스템의 스택 공급 가스의 열관리 문제에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Sang-Kyun;Kim, Mann-Eung
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.35 no.6
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    • pp.765-772
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    • 2011
  • In this research, the fuel cell system model capable of generating codes in real time was developed to construct of a HIL (Hardware-In-the-Loop) for a SOFC-powered ship. Moreover, the effects of the distribution of the exhaust gas flow rates in a stack, the flow rates of fuels and temperature of air supplied on the temperature characteristics of fuels supplied to the cathode and the anode, the output power of the stack and system efficiency are examined to minimize the temperature difference between fuels supplied to the stack used in a 500kW SOFC system using methane as a fuel. As a result, the temperatures of fuels supplied to the cathode and the anode maintain at 830K when the opening factor of three-way valve located at outlet of turbine is 0.839. Also the process for optimization of methane flow rate considering the fuel cell stack and system efficiency is required to increase the temperatures of fuels supplied to the stack.

Effect of Air Flow Rate on the Performance of Planar Solid Oxide Fuel Cell using CFD (평판형 고체산화물 연료전지의 CFD 성능해석에서 공기유량변화의 영향)

  • Kim, Danbi;Han, Kyoungho;Yoon, Do-Young
    • Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.172-181
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    • 2015
  • Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC) continue to be among the most promising alternative energy devices. This paper addresses i-V characteristics of SOFC with a focus on air flow rate along the planar anode electrodes. To address this, detailed Butler-Volmer kinetics are implemented in a general-purpose CFD code FLUENT. The numerical results were validated against experimental data from the literature showing excellent match with i-V polarization data ranging 1V-0.4V. Numerical calculations of fuel cell operation under different flow rare conditions were performed in three-dimensional geometries. Results are presented in terms of concentration distribution of hydrogen, oxygen, and water. The simulations and results indicate that advanced CFD with UDF(User-Defined Function) of Butler-Volmer kinetics can be used to identify the conditions leading to air flow rate and specific surface area and guide development of operating conditions and improve the fuel cell system performance.

Fabrication and Evaluation of Metal-Supported SOFC (금속지지체식 SOFC 제작 및 평가)

  • Choi, Jin-Hyeok;Lee, Tae-Hee;Choi, Mi-Hwa;Yoo, Young-Sung
    • Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.77-82
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    • 2011
  • In this study, a metal-supported SOFC was fabricated using a relatively cheap and simple process. The adhesion process between ceramic cell and metal support was performed in high temperature over $1400^{\circ}C$ and the deformation of large metal-supported cell happened in this process. Using bi-layered metal support fabricated by diffusion bonding, the deformation of the metal-supported cell can be minimized and the sealing efficiency of anode and cathode was improved. The flatness of the cell was improved by over 20% and the maximum power density of over 0.5 $Wcm^{-2}$ was obtained at the operation condition of $800^{\circ}C$.

A Study on Operation Characteristics of Planar-type SOFC System Integrated with Fuel Processor (연료개질기를 연계한 고체 산화물 연료전지 시스템의 운전 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Ji Hyun-Jin;Lim Sung-Kwang;Yoo Yung-Sung;Bae Joong-Myeon
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.30 no.8 s.251
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    • pp.731-740
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    • 2006
  • The solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) is expected to be a candidate for distributed power sources in the next generation, due to its high efficiency and high-temperature waste heat utilization. In this study, the 5-cell SOFC stack was operated with pure hydrogen or reformed gas at anode side and air at cathode side. When stack was operated with diesel and methane ATR reformer, the influence of the $H_2O/C,\;O_2/C$ and GHSV on performance of stacks have been investigated. The result shows that the cell voltage was decreased with the increase of $H_2O/C$ and $O_2/C$ due to the partial pressure of fuel and water, and cell voltage was more sensitive to $O_2/C$ than $H_2O/C$. Next, the dynamic model of SOFC system included with ATR reformer was established and compared with experimental data. Based on dynamic model, the operation strategy to optimize SOFC-Reformer system was suggested and simulated.

Anode-supported Type SOFCs based on Novel Low Temperature Ceramic Coating Process

  • Choi, Jong-Jin;Ahn, Cheol-Woo;Kim, Jong-Woo;Ryu, Jungho;Hahn, Byung-Dong;Yoon, Woon-Ha;Park, Dong-Soo
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.52 no.5
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    • pp.338-343
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    • 2015
  • To prevent an interfacial reaction between the anode and the electrolyte layer during the conventional high-temperature co-firing process, an anode-supported type cell with a thin-film electrolyte was fabricated by low-temperature ceramic thick film coating process. Ni-GDC cermet composite was used as the anode material and YSZ was used as the electrolyte material. Open circuit voltage and maximum power density were found to strongly depend on the surface uniformity of the anode functional layer. By optimizing the microstructure of the anode functional layer, the open circuit voltage and maximum powder density of the cell increased to 1.11 V and $1.35W/cm^2$, respectively, at $750^{\circ}C$. When a GDC barrier layer was applied between the YSZ electrolyte and the LSCF cathode, the cell showed good stability, with almost no degradation up to 100 h. Anode-supported type SOFCs with high performance and good stability were fabricated using a coating process.

Honeycomb-type Single Chamber SOFC Running on Methane-Air Mixture (Methane-Air 혼합 Gas에서 구동하는 하니컴 형태의 SC-SOFC)

  • Park Byung-Tak;Yoon Sung Pil;Kim Hyun Jae;Nam Suk Woo;Han Jonghee;Lim Tae-Hoon;Hong Seong-Ahn;Lee Dokyol
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.06a
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    • pp.306-309
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    • 2005
  • One of the most critical issues in sol id oxide fuel cell (SOFC)running on hydrocarbon fuels is the risk of carbon formation from the fuel gas. The simple method to reduce the risk of carbon formation from the reactions is to add steam to the fuel stream, leading to the carbon gasification react ion. However, the addition of steam to fuel is not appropriate for the auxiliary power unit (APU) and potable power generation (PPG) systems due to an increase of complexity and bulkiness. In this regard, many researchers have focused on so-called 'direct methane' operation of SOFC, which works with dry methane without coking. However, coking can be suppressed only by the operation with a high current density, which may be a drawback especially for the APU and PPG systems. The single chamber fuel cell (SC-SOFC) is a novel simplification of the conventional SOFC into which a premixed fuel/air mixture is introduced. It relies on the selectivity of the anode and cathode catalysts to generate a chemical potential gradient across the cell. Moreover it allows compact and seal-free stack design. In this study, we fabricated honeycomb type mixed-gas fuel cell (MGFC) which has advantages of stacking to the axial direction and increasing volume power density. Honeycomb-structured SOFC with four channels was prepared by dry pressing method. Two alternative channels were coated with electrolyte and cathode slurry in order to make cathodic reaction sites. We will discuss that the anode supported honeycomb type cell running on mixed gas condition.

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Fabrication of Small SOFC Stack Based on Anode-Supported Unit Cells and Its Power Generating Characteristics (음극지지형 단전지를 사용한 소형 SOFC 스택의 제조 및 출력특성)

  • Jung, Hwa-Young;Kim, Woo-Sik;Choi, Sun-Hee;Kim, Joosun;Lee, Hae-Weon;Ko, Haengjin;Lee, Ki-Chun;Lee, Jong-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.41 no.10 s.269
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    • pp.777-782
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    • 2004
  • In this research, $5\times5cm^2$ unit cells were fabricated via liquid condensation process and uniaxial pressing followed by the screen printing of electrolyte and cathode layer. The SOFC stack was assembled with unit cells, gasket-type sealant and metal interconnect. The stack was designed to have a single column with internal-manifold and cross-flow type gas-channels. The SOFC stack produced 15 W, which is $50\%$ of the maximum power being expected from the maximum power density of the unit cell. Controlling factors for the proper operation of the SOFC stack and other designing factors of stack manifold and gas channels were discussed.

Ni Loss During the Fabrication of SOFC Anode, Ni-YSZ Composite (SOFC 음극용 Ni-YSZ 복합체 제조시 생기는 Ni 손실)

  • Moon, Hwan;Lee, Jong-Ho;Lee, Hae-Weon
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.137-142
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    • 2001
  • SOFC 음극으로 쓰이는 Ni-YSZ 복합체의 제조과정 중에 생기는 조성의 변화를 관찰하였다. XRD를 이용하여 복합체 부위별로 상분석한 결과 Ni-YSZ 복합체는 소결과정이나 환원처리시 복합체 내-외부간의 조성차가 일어나며 이로 인해 전기적 물성의 불균일성이 나타난다. 복합체 조성의 불균일성 및 전기적 물성의 불균일성은 주로 복합체를 구성하는 Ni 성분의 변화에 기인했는데 소결과정이나 환원과정시 Ni 성분이 기판으로 확산해가거나 기상으로 증발해버려 Ni 손실이 생기기 때문인 것으로 나타났다. Ni 성분의 손실은 열처리 온도와 시간에 비례하여 커졌으며 이로 인해 복합체의 전기적 물성도 악화되었다.

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