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Computational Analysis of Transport Phenomena in a Planar-Type Solid Oxide Fuel Cell with a Simplified Treatment of the Electrochemical Heat Generation

전기화학 반응에 의한 생성 열의 단순화된 처리 기법을 이용한 평판형 고체산화물 연료전지 내부의 이동현상에 대한 전산 해석

  • Cha, Hoon (School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Seoul National University) ;
  • Sohn, Jeong-Lak (School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Seoul National University) ;
  • Ro, Sung-Tack (School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Seoul National University)
  • 차훈 (서울대학교 기계항공공학부) ;
  • 손정락 (서울대학교 기계항공공학부) ;
  • 노승탁 (서울대학교 기계항공공학부)
  • Published : 2005.12.01

Abstract

For the performance prediction of a planar-type solid oxide fuel cell, the computational analysis of transport phenomena with a simplified treatment of heat generation by the electrochemical reaction is conducted. From the result of the computational analysis, it is shown that the electrochemical reaction is closely related to the transport phenomena inside a solid oxide fuel cell. Transport phenomena including heat and mass transfer influences on the distribution of local current density and, as a result, on the performance characteristics of the fuel cell. Computational analysis is also extended to the parametric study to investigate the performance behavior of the fuel cell with different amount of supplied fuel flow rates. It is also demonstrated that the mathematical formulation and computational procedures proposed in this study can be applied to prove the importance of the specific TPB area in the manufacturing process of electrodes in solid oxide fuel cells.

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