The use of a high temperature wind tunnel for MT-SOFC testing-Part II: Use of computational fluid dynamics software in order to study previous measurements

Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Lawlor, V ^a,b   Hochenauer, C ^a   Griesser, S ^a   Zauner, G ^a   Buchinger, G ^a   Meissner, D ^a,c   Olabi, A G ^b   Klein, K ^d   Kuehn, S ^d   Cordiner, S ^e   Mariani, A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES UPPER AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^c TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^d eZelleron GmbH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

computational fluid dynamics; high temperature wind tunnel; micro tubular solid oxide fuel cell; radiation; stack design; thermo graphic camera

Indexed keywords

CFD CODES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SOFTWARE; EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS; EXPERIMENTAL ENVIRONMENT; GRID DENSITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MICRO-TUBULAR SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS; POTENTIAL TECHNOLOGIES; POWER DENSITIES; POWER SUPPLY DEVICES; SMALL SCALE; SOFTWARE PROGRAM; SOLUTION ANALYSIS; STACK DESIGN; TEMPERATURE DEVIATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; THERMO-GRAPHIC CAMERA;

ASPECT RATIO; FLUIDS; SOFTWARE TESTING; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); TEMPERATURE CONTROL; WIND TUNNELS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 80054060848     PISSN: 1550624X     EISSN: 15516989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4004507     Document Type: Article

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