Conference paper
The effect of synthesis gas on the performance of Ni-basedsolid oxide fuel cells
CHEMECA 2014 (Perth, Western Australia, 28/09/2014–01/10/2014)
2014
Abstract
An increased interest in using hydrocarbons in solid oxide fuel cells for the production of power has led to research into operation on synthesis (syn) gas, a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. Hydrocarbons are typically reformed, either internally or in an external reformer prior to the fuel cell, producing syngas with various H2:CO ratios depending on the hydrocarbon used. This paper examines the effect of varying the H2:CO ratio with respect to C1 to C4 steam reforming reactions and additionally a mixture containing a higher ratio of carbon monoxide. It was found that there was no significant relationship between cell performance and H2:CO ratio. For low flow rates, however, the high carbon monoxide concentration resulted in a significant decrease in cell performance. It was determined that this was caused by reversible carbon deposition as opposed to a decrease in carbon monoxide reactivity.
Details
- Title
- The effect of synthesis gas on the performance of Ni-basedsolid oxide fuel cells
- Authors/Creators
- M. Drewery (Author/Creator)M. Stockenhuber (Author/Creator)E. Kennedy (Author/Creator)B. Dlugogorski (Author/Creator)
- Conference
- CHEMECA 2014 (Perth, Western Australia, 28/09/2014–01/10/2014)
- Identifiers
- 991005544727507891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Engineering and Information Technology
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference paper
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