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JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
Volume 86, Issue 1-2, Pages 390-394Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7753(99)00498-X
Keywords
SOFCs; internal reforming; anode; methane; natural gas
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Internal methane reforming over nickel/zirconia cermet anodes has been studied in derail using a thin-walled extruded zirconia tubular SOFC reactor. The influence of anode formulation, anode pre-treatment, operating temperature and methane/steam ratio on the reforming characteristics, resistance to carbon deposition and durability of the anode have been investigated under actual operating conditions. Post-reaction TPO has been used to determine the amount of carbon deposition and its strength of interaction with the anode. A 90-vol.% nickel/zirconia anode shows higher activity than a 50-vol.% Ni anode at higher reforming temperatures, and shows very good durability. Pre-reducing the anodes in H-2 at 1173 K leads to a more active reforming catalyst, Carbon is removed from the anodes in two processes during TPO, suggesting two types of carbon species. As the reforming temperature increases both carbon types are removed at higher temperature, and there is an increase in the relative population of the more strongly bound form of carbon. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.
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