期刊
ENERGIES
卷 15, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/en15010343
关键词
thermal stress; SOFC stack; flow arrangement; CFD; modeling
资金
- National Key Research and Development Project of China [2018YFB1502204]
- Ningbo major special projects of the Plan Science and Technology Innovation 2025 [2019B10043]
- Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province, China [2018J01490]
In this study, a 3D multi-physics coupled model was developed to analyze the temperature and thermal stress distribution in a planar solid oxide fuel cell stack. The effects of different flow channels and electrolyte thickness were investigated. The results show that the co-flow mode has higher power generation and lower thermal stress compared to the cross-flow mode.
In this work, a 3D multi-physics coupled model was developed to analyze the temperature and thermal stress distribution in a planar solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) stack, and then the effects of different flow channels (co-flow, counter-flow and cross-flow) and electrolyte thickness were investigated. The simulation results indicate that the generated power is higher while the thermal stress is lower in the co-flow mode than those in the cross-flow mode. In the cross-flow mode, a gas inlet and outlet arrangement is proposed to increase current density by about 10%. The generated power of the stack increases with a thin electrolyte layer, but the temperature and its gradient of the stack also increase with increase of heat generation. The thermal stress for two typical sealing materials is also studied. The predicted results can be used for design and optimization of the stack structure to achieve lower stress and longer life.
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