Numerical study on carbon deposition of SOFC with unsteady state variation of porosity

Applied Energy

Volumn 97, Issue , 2012, Pages 754-762

  Yan, Min ^a   Zeng, Min ^a   Chen, Qiuyang ^a,b   Wang, Qiuwang ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Suzhou Nuclear Power Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon deposition; Numerical simulation; Solid Oxide Fuel Cell; Variation of porosity

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; POROSITY; REACTION KINETICS; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC);

CARBON DEPOSITION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONIC PERFORMANCE; FAILURE MECHANISM; GAS-PHASE CHEMICAL REACTIONS; HEAT TRANSFER EQUATIONS; ION TRANSPORTS; MASS TRANSFER EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL; UNSTEADY STATE;

DEPOSITION;

CARBON; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON; FUEL CELL; GAS PHASE REACTION; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 84862324550     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.02.055     Document Type: Article

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