Simulation of the postcombustor for the treatment of toxic and flammable exhaust gases of a micro-solid oxide fuel cell

Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 0410021-04100211

  Raberger, N B ^a   Stutz, M J ^a   Hotz, N ^a   Poulikakos, D ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Catalysis; Chemical reactors; Fuel cells; Hydrogen; Microreactor; Monolithic reactor; Numerical simulation; Oxidation of exhaust gases; Platinum; Post treatment; Postcombustor; SOFC

Indexed keywords

MICRO-REACTOR; MONOLITHIC REACTOR; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; POST TREATMENT; POSTCOMBUSTOR;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CHEMICALS; HYDROGEN; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; OXIDATION; PLATINUM; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); SURFACE REACTIONS; TOXIC MATERIALS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

EXHAUST GASES;

EID: 77955293804     PISSN: 1550624X     EISSN: 15516989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3080812     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Hotz, N., Senn, S. M., and Poulikakos, D., 2006, "Exergy Analysis of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Micropowerplant," J. Power Sources, 158(1), pp. 333-347.
2. Stutz, M. J., Hotz, N., and Poulikakos, D., 2006, "Optimization of Methane Reforming in a Microreactor - Effects of Catalyst Loading and Geometry," Chem. Eng. Sci., 61(12), pp. 4027-4040.
3. 2 Catalyst," Appl. Catal., B, 73(3-4), pp. 336-344.
4. ACGIH, 1994, "Threshold Limit Values for Chemical Substances and Physical Agents and Biological Exposure Indices (1994-1995)," American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, Cincinnati, OH.
5. Mortimer, C. E., 1993, Chemistry, Wadsworth, Belmont, CA.
6. Hayes, R. E., and Kolaczkowski, S. T., 1997, Introduction to Catalytic Combustion, Gordon and Breach, Amsterdam.
7. Chao, Y. C., Chen, G. B., Hsu, C. J., Leu, T. S., Wu, C. Y., and Cheng, T. S., 2004, "Operational Characteristics of Catalytic Combustion in a Platinum Microtube," Combust. Sci. Technol., 176(10), pp. 1755-1777.
8. Deutschmann, O., Maier, L. I., Riedel, U., Stroemman, A. H., and Dibble, R. W., 2000, "Hydrogen Assisted Catalytic Combustion of Methane on Platinum," Catal. Today, 59(1-2), pp. 141-150.
9. Raja, L. L., Kee, R. J., Deutschmann, O., Warnatz, J., and Schmidt, L. D., 2000, "A Critical Evaluation of Navier-Stokes, Boundary-Layer, and Plug- Flow Models of the Flow and Chemistry in a Catalytic-Combustion Monolith," Catal. Today, 59(1-2), pp. 47-60.
10. Geus, J. W., and van Giezen, J. C., 1999, "Monoliths in Catalytic Oxidation," Catal. Today, 47(1-4), pp. 169-180.
11. Stutz, M. J., and Poulikakos, D., 2005, "Effects of Microreactor Wall Heat Conduction on the Reforming Process of Methane," Chem. Eng. Sci., 60(24), pp. 6983-6997.
12. Bird, R. B., Stewart, W. E., and Lightfoot, E. N., 1960, Transport Phenomena, Wiley, New York.
13. Chattopadhyay, S., and Veser, G., 2006, "Heterogeneous-Homogeneous Interactions in Catalytic Microchannel Reactors," AIChE J., 52(6), pp. 2217-2229.
14. Warnatz, J., Allendorf, M. D., Kee, R. J., and Coltrin, M. E., 1994, "A Model of Elementary Chemistry and Fluid-Mechanics in the Combustion of Hydrogen on Platinum Surfaces," Combust. Flame, 96(4), pp. 393-406.
15. Smith, G. P., Golden, D. M., Frenklach, M., Moriarty, N. W., Eiteneer, B., Goldenberg, M., Bowman, C. T., Hanson, R. K., Song, S., Gardiner, W. C., Jr., Lissianski, V. V., and Qin, Z., 2006, Gri-Mech 3.0, http://www.me.berkeley. edu/gri-mech/
16. Deutschmann, O., Schmidt, R., Behrendt, F., and Warnatz, J., 1996, "Numerical Modeling of Catalytic Ignition," Proceedings of the 26th International Symposium on Combustion, The Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, pp. 1747-1754.
17. Perednis, D., and Gauckler, L. J., 2004, "Solid Oxide Fuel Cells With Electrolytes Prepared Via Spray Pyrolysis," Solid State Ionics, 166(3-4), pp. 229- 239.
18. Park, S. D., Vohs, J. M., and Gorte, R. J., 2000, "Direct Oxidation of Hydrocarbons in a Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell," Nature (London), 404(6775), pp. 265- 267.
19. Morley, C., 2005, GASEQ: A Chemical Equilibrium Program for Windows.
20. Vandoormaal, J. P., and Raithby, G. D., 1984, "Enhancements of the Simple Method for Predicting Incompressible Fluid-Flows," Numer. Heat Transfer, 7(2), pp. 147-163.
21. Kundu, P. K., and Cohen, I. M., 2004, Fluid Mechanics, 3rd ed., Elsevier, San Diego, CA, Chap. 9.5.