Performance of a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) can be enhanced by converting thermal energy of its high temperature exhaust gas to mechanical power using a micro gas turbine (MGT). A MGT plays also an important role to pressurize and warm up inlet gas streams of the SOFC. Performance behavior of the SOFC is sensitively influenced by internal constructions of the SOFC and related to design and operating parameters. In case of the SOFC/MGT hybrid power system, internal constructions of the SOFC influence not only on the performance of the SOFC but also on the whole hybrid system. In this study, influence of performance characteristics of the tubular SOFC and its internal reformer on the hybrid power system is discussed. For this purpose, detailed heat and mass transfer with reforming and electrochemical reactions in the SOFC are mathematically modeled and their results are reflected to the performance analysis. Effects of different internal constructions of the SOFC system and design parameters such as current density, recirculation ratio, fuel utilization factor, and catalyst density in internal reformer on the system performance are investigated and, as a result, some guidelines for the choice of those parameters for optimum operations of the SOFC/MGT hybrid power system are discussed.
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ASME 2004 Heat Transfer/Fluids Engineering Summer Conference
July 11–15, 2004
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Conference Sponsors:
- Heat Transfer Division and Fluids Engineering Division
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0-7918-4692-X
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Detailed Performance Analysis of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell: Micro Gas Turbine Hybrid Power System
Tae Won Song,
Tae Won Song
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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Jeong L. Sohn,
Jeong L. Sohn
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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Jae Hwan Kim,
Jae Hwan Kim
Korea Aerospace Research Institute, Korea
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Sung Tack Ro,
Sung Tack Ro
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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Kenjiro Suzuki
Kenjiro Suzuki
Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan
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Tae Won Song
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Jeong L. Sohn
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Jae Hwan Kim
Korea Aerospace Research Institute, Korea
Tong Seop Kim
Inha University, Korea
Sung Tack Ro
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Kenjiro Suzuki
Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan
Paper No:
HT-FED2004-56630, pp. 269-278; 10 pages
Published Online:
February 24, 2009
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Song, TW, Sohn, JL, Kim, JH, Kim, TS, Ro, ST, & Suzuki, K. "Detailed Performance Analysis of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell: Micro Gas Turbine Hybrid Power System." Proceedings of the ASME 2004 Heat Transfer/Fluids Engineering Summer Conference. Volume 3. Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. July 11–15, 2004. pp. 269-278. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/HT-FED2004-56630
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