A properly manufactured intermediate temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) can be directly fed by dry biogas, considering also the electrochemical partial and total oxidation reactions of methane in the biogas at the anode. In this way the methane in the biogas is electrochemically consumed directly at the fuel cell without the need to mix the biogas with any reforming gas (steam, oxygen or carbon dioxide). In this article, a numerical model of an SOFC system with Ni-Fe/CGO electrocatalyst anode protective layer directly fed by dry biogas, in cogenerative arrangement and with anode exhaust gas recirculation is formulated. The influences of biogas composition, of fuel cell operating current density and of percentage of recirculated anode exhaust gas on the SOFC system performances were evaluated by calculation code. An SOFC test bench was set up to validate the calculation code results experimentally. Furthermore, the numerical model also considers the anode carbonation and evaluates the amount of carbon that can be formed in the anode at chemical equilibrium and quasi-equilibrium conditions associated with the specific anode protective layer used.

Thermoelectric characterization of an intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cell system directly fed by dry biogas / G De, Lorenzo; O, Corigliano; M Lo, Faro; Frontera, Patrizia; Antonucci, Pierluigi; Zignani, S. C.; Trocino, S.; Mirandola, F. A.; Aricò, A. S.; Fragiacomo, P.. - In: ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT. - ISSN 0196-8904. - 127:1(2016), pp. 90-102. [10.1016/j.enconman.2016.08.079]

Thermoelectric characterization of an intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cell system directly fed by dry biogas

FRONTERA, Patrizia;ANTONUCCI, Pierluigi;
2016-01-01

Abstract

A properly manufactured intermediate temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) can be directly fed by dry biogas, considering also the electrochemical partial and total oxidation reactions of methane in the biogas at the anode. In this way the methane in the biogas is electrochemically consumed directly at the fuel cell without the need to mix the biogas with any reforming gas (steam, oxygen or carbon dioxide). In this article, a numerical model of an SOFC system with Ni-Fe/CGO electrocatalyst anode protective layer directly fed by dry biogas, in cogenerative arrangement and with anode exhaust gas recirculation is formulated. The influences of biogas composition, of fuel cell operating current density and of percentage of recirculated anode exhaust gas on the SOFC system performances were evaluated by calculation code. An SOFC test bench was set up to validate the calculation code results experimentally. Furthermore, the numerical model also considers the anode carbonation and evaluates the amount of carbon that can be formed in the anode at chemical equilibrium and quasi-equilibrium conditions associated with the specific anode protective layer used.
2016
Biogas, ; SOFC system; Experimental tests, Simulation model
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