Ethylene glycol as a new sustainable fuel for solid oxide fuel cells with conventional nickel-based anodes

Applied Energy

Volumn 148, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-9

  Qu, Jifa ^a   Wang, Wei ^b   Chen, Yubo ^a   Wang, Feng ^a   Ran, Ran ^a   Shao, Zongping ^a,b  

^a NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomass; Carbon deposition; Ethylene glycol; Ni based anodes; Solid oxide fuel cells

Indexed keywords

ANODES; BIOMASS; CARBON; CERMETS; DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRODES; ETHANOL; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FUEL CELLS; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; GLYCEROL; METHANE; NICKEL; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; POLYOLS; YTTRIA STABILIZED ZIRCONIA; ZIRCONIA;

CARBON CONTAINING; CARBON DEPOSITION; MAXIMUM POWER OUTPUT; PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFCS); SUSTAINABLE FUELS; TEMPERATURE PROGRAMMED OXIDATION; THERMODYNAMIC PREDICTIONS;

SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC);

ACETIC ACID; BIOMASS; CARBON; ELECTRODE; ETHYLENE; FUEL CELL; METHANE; OXIDATION; OXIDE; SUSTAINABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 84925715836     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.03.051     Document Type: Article

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