High performance direct flame fuel cell using a propane flame

Kang Wang; Pingying Zeng; Jeongmin Ahn

doi:10.1016/j.proci.2010.07.047

High performance direct flame fuel cell using a propane flame

Kang Wang, Pingying Zeng, Jeongmin Ahn

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Abstract

This work presents the performance of the direct flame fuel cell based on the anode-supported solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) with a propane flame, which serves not only as a fuel reformer but also as a heat source to sustain the fuel cell operation. The anode-supported SOFC was successfully fabricated and showed an extraordinary fuel cell performance of 584 mW/cm² by using a propane flame; far higher than that of the electrolyte-supported SOFC. The total flow rates of premixed propane-air greatly influenced the range of fuel cell operation and fuel cell performance. With the fixed flow rate of propane, the introduction of an air flow exhibited a complex effect on the peak power density and the maximum current density due to the variation of fuel cell temperature and fuel concentration.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3431-3437
Number of pages	7
Journal	Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
Volume	33
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2010.07.047
State	Published - 2011

Keywords

Anode-supported SOFC
Direct flame fuel cell (DFFC)
No-chamber fuel cell
Propane flame
Solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Chemical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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High performance direct flame fuel cell using a propane flame

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