Three-dimensional modeling of planar solid oxide fuel cells and the rib design optimization

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• 作者：Shixue Liu ; Wei Kong ; Zijing Lin
• 关键词：Solid oxide fuel cell ; Three dimensional ; Interconnect rib ; Contact resistance ; Design optimization
• 刊名：Journal of Power Sources
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：1 December 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：194
• 期：2
• 页码：854-863
• 全文大小：1422 K

文摘

Three-dimensional (3D) multi-physics models of co-, counter- and cross-flow planar solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) stack units are described. The models consider electronic conduction in the electrodes, ionic conduction in the electrolyte, mass transport in the porous electrodes and electrochemical reactions on the three phase boundaries. Based on the analysis of the ionic conducting equation for the thin electrolyte layer, a mathematically equivalent method is proposed to scale the electrolyte thickness with the corresponding change in the ionic conductivity to moderate the thin film effect in the meshing step and decrease the total number of degrees of freedom in the 3D numerical models. Examples of applications are given with typical physical fields illustrated and the characteristic features discussed for co-, counter- and cross-flow designs. The 3D models are also used to optimize the rib widths in SOFC stacks as a function of interconnect–electrode contact resistance.