TY - GEN
T1 - Flame-assisted fuel cell operating with methane for combined heating and micro power
AU - Milcarek, Ryan
AU - Wang, Kang
AU - Falkenstein-Smith, Ryan
AU - Ahn, Jeongmin
AU - Khalifa, H. E.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs) operating in a Flameassisted Fuel Cell (FFC) setup have potential for Combined Heating and micro Power applications. The feasibility of a FFC furnace operating with natural gas is investigated by using methane/ air flames. The confrontation between the FFCs operating temperature and fuel concentration under various conditions was investigated which uncovered the complex performance behavior. Variations in the fuel/ air equivalence ratio, fuel flow rate and distance between the FFC anode and burner outlet were studied. A critical distance for FFC placement above the burner outlet was uncovered, which has a significant impact on the FFCs performance. A high power density of 791mW.cm-2 was achieved which is comparable to the dual chamber SOFC and single chamber SOFC. Carbon coking was observed on the anode surface, but was not detrimental to FFC performance during testing.
AB - Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs) operating in a Flameassisted Fuel Cell (FFC) setup have potential for Combined Heating and micro Power applications. The feasibility of a FFC furnace operating with natural gas is investigated by using methane/ air flames. The confrontation between the FFCs operating temperature and fuel concentration under various conditions was investigated which uncovered the complex performance behavior. Variations in the fuel/ air equivalence ratio, fuel flow rate and distance between the FFC anode and burner outlet were studied. A critical distance for FFC placement above the burner outlet was uncovered, which has a significant impact on the FFCs performance. A high power density of 791mW.cm-2 was achieved which is comparable to the dual chamber SOFC and single chamber SOFC. Carbon coking was observed on the anode surface, but was not detrimental to FFC performance during testing.
KW - Flame-assisted fuel cell
KW - Methane
KW - Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC)
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U2 - 10.1115/FUELCELL201549353
DO - 10.1115/FUELCELL201549353
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84962161405
T3 - ASME 2015 13th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, FUELCELL 2015, collocated with the ASME 2015 Power Conference, the ASME 2015 9th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, and the ASME 2015 Nuclear Forum
BT - ASME 2015 13th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, FUELCELL 2015, collocated with the ASME 2015 Power Conference, the ASME 2015 9th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, and the ASME 2015 Nuclear Forum
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers
T2 - ASME 2015 13th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, FUELCELL 2015, collocated with the ASME 2015 Power Conference, the ASME 2015 9th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, and the ASME 2015 Nuclear Forum
Y2 - 28 June 2015 through 2 July 2015
ER -