Experimental and analytical investigation of molten carbonate fuel cell stack

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 873-879

  Yu, Li jun ^a   Ren, Geng po ^a   Jiang, Xiu min ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CFD; Experiment; MCFC; Numerical simulation; Performance; Three dimensional model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CURRENT DENSITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MASS TRANSFER;

ANODE FLOW CHANNEL; FUEL CELL STACKS; POWER DENSITY;

MOLTEN CARBONATE FUEL CELLS (MCFC);

EID: 39749165723     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2007.06.029     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Judkins R.R., Fulkerson W., and Sanghvi M.K. The dilemma of fossil fuel use and global climate change. Energy Fuel 7 (1993) 14-22
2. Sammes N.M., and Boersma R. Small-scale fuel cells for residential applications. J Power Sources 86 (2000) 98-110
3. Williams M.C., Strakey J.P., and Singhal S.C. U.S. distributed generation fuel cell program. J Power Sources 131 (2004) 79-85
4. Ishikawa T., and Yasue H. Start-up, testing and operation of 1000 kW class MCFC power plant. J Power Sources 86 (2000) 145-150
5. Cacciola G., Antonucci V., and Freni S. Technology up date and new strategies on fuel cells. J Power Sources 100 (2001) 67-79
6. Kang B.S., Koh J.H., and Lim H.C. Experimental study on the dynamic characteristics of kW-scale molten carbonate fuel cell systems. J Power Sources 94 (2001) 51-62
7. Dicks A., and Siddle A. Assessment of commercial prospects of molten carbonate fuel cells. J Power Sources 86 (2000) 316-323
8. He W. Adaptation of a one megawatt molten carbonate fuel cell system. Energy Convers Manage 38 (1997) 659-663
9. Jansen D., and Mozaffarian M. Advanced fuel cell energy conversion systems. Energy Convers Manage 38 (1997) 957-967
10. Hishinuma Y., and Kunikata M. Molten carbonate fuel cell power generation systems. Energy Convers Manage 38 (1997) 1237-1247
11. Lobachyov K.V., and Richter H.J. An advanced integrated biomass gasification and molten fuel cell power system. Energy Convers Manage 39 (1998) 1931-1943
12. He W., and Chen Q. Three-dimensional simulation of a molten carbonate fuel cell stack under transient conditions. J Power Sources 73 (1998) 182-192
13. Koh J., Kang B., and Lim H.C. Effect of various stack parameters on temperature rise in molten carbonate fuel cell stack operation. J Power Sources 91 (2000) 161-171
14. Kim M.H., Park H.K., Chung G.Y., Lim H.C., Nam S.W., Lim T.H., et al. Effects of water-gas shift reaction on simulated performance of a molten carbonate fuel cell. J Power Sources 103 (2002) 245-252
15. Dong W., and Blasiak W. CFD modeling of ecotube system in coal and waste grate combustion. Energy Convers Manage 42 (2001) 1877-1896
16. Wu G.J., and Tan S. CFD simulation of the effect of upstream flow distribution on the light-off performance of a catalytic converter. Energy Convers Manage 46 (2005) 2010-2031
17. Punbusayakul N., Charoensuk J., and Fungtammasan B. Modified sulfation model for simulation of pulverized coal combustion. Energy Convers Manage 47 (2006) 253-272
18. Van Doormaal J.P., and Raithby G.D. Enhancements of the simple method predicting incompressible fluid flows. Numer Heat Transfer 7 (1984) 147-163
19. Patankar S.V., and Spalding D.B. A calculation procedure for heat, mass and momentum transfer in three-dimensional parabolic flows. Int J Heat Mass Transfer 15 (1972) 1787-1806
20. Patankar S.V. Numerical heat transfer and fluid flow (1980), McGraw-Hill, New York
21. Prakash C., and Patankar S.V. Combined free and forced convection in vertical tubes with radial internal fins. ASME J Heat Transfer 103 (1981) 566-572
22. Patankar S.V. A calculation procedure for two-dimensional elliptic situations. Numer Heat Transfer 4 (1981) 409-425
23. Settari A., and Aziz K. A generalization of the additive correction method for the iterative solutions of matrix equation. SIAM J Mumer Anal 10 (1973) 506-521