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Integrated MicroPower Generator Program Review, October 18, 2002
Single-Chamber Fuel Cell Models
D. G. Goodwin, Caltech
• Develop validated physics-based models of SCFC operation
• Use models along with test results to develop understanding of factors determining performance
• Use to aid in design optimization
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Integrated MicroPower Generator Program Review, October 18, 2002
Multiple models
• Model 1: a simple model for qualitative parametric studies– Allows rapid exploration of the effects of
various parameters on performance
• Model 2: Solves 2D channel flow assuming fully developed flow. Computes – Species concentration profiles– Current density profiles– Power output vs. load
• Model 3: Solves 2D reacting channel flow accurately (in development, Yong Hao)
Seconds on a laptop PC
Minutes on a linux workstation
Minutes to hours
Computational expense
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Model 1: a “zero-dimensional” fuel cell model
• Can be used to model single- or dual-chamber designs
• No consideration of gas flow
• Approximate equilibrium treatment of hydrocarbon oxidation
• Includes diffusion through electrodes, activation polarizations, ohmic losses
• Can compute current-voltage curves
• Written in a simple scripting language (Python)
• Uses the Cantera software package to evaluate thermodynamic and transport properties, and compute chemical equilibrium (www.cantera.org)
• Good for semi-quantitative parametric studies
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Integrated MicroPower Generator Program Review, October 18, 2002
Idealized Geometry
• Each side exposed to uniform gas with specified composition
– No depletion in gas
– Corresponds to limit of fast transport
– Compositions can be set equal (single-chamber) or each independently specified (dual-chamber)
Uniform cathode-side gas
Uniform anode-side gas
Porous Cathode
Porous Anode
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Integrated MicroPower Generator Program Review, October 18, 2002
Electrochemical Reactions
• Anode reactions– H2 + O2- = H2O– CO + ½ O2- = CO2
• Cathode reaction– O2 = 2O2-
• Catalyst selectivity– Reactions allowed to occur at opposite electrode with
relative rate 0 < Fc < 1– Fc > 0 lowers OCV– At Fc = 0, OCV = 0
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partially-oxidized gas mixture
Gas Composition
• Approximate treatment of partial oxidation• Assume gas is a mixture of the input gas
composition + equilibrium composition• No selectivity assumed – CO, CO2, H2, and H2O
all present
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Input: 1:3:12 C3H8/O2/He
Inlet gas
equilibrium gas
Feq1 - Feq
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Transport through electrodes
• Gas composition at electrode/electrolyte interface determined by diffusion through porous electrode
• Effective diffusion coefficients account for pore size, porosity, and tortuosity of electrode microstructure
• Concentrations at electrode/electrolyte interface used to calculate Nernst potential
reactant
product
electrode
Assumed uniform gas composition
concentration gradients in electrode drive diffusion
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Electrode Kinetics
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Cathode Activation Polarization
• Represents largest loss
• Dependence on oxygen partial pressure assumed first-order
Range considered
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Anode Activation Polarization
• Assumed not to be rate-limiting
• Anode exchange current density set to a large multiple of cathode exchange current density (100 – 1000)
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Electrolyte Ohmic Loss
1000/T (K-1)
0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5
Lo
g( )
[-1cm
-1]
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0
400°C500°C600°C700°C800°C975°C
Bi2O3
[B.C.H. Steele, Mat. Sci. and Eng., B13 (1992) 79-87][A.M. Azad, S.Larose and S.A. Akbar, J. Mat. Sci., 29 (1994) 4135-51]
Value for GDC used
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Current Density Computation
• Nernst potential calculated using concentrations at electrode/electrolyte interfaces, and includes effects of back reaction
• Given Eload, this equation is solved for the current density
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Simulation of Test Results with Ni-SDCSDCSSC-Pt-SDC at 600 C
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Integrated MicroPower Generator Program Review, October 18, 2002
Test results can be accounted for with physically-reasonable parameters
• Experimental Ni-SDCSDCSSC-Pt-SDC results at 600 C best fit by– I0,c = 70 mA/cm2
– 80% electrode selectivity– 50% conversion to equilibrium products
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Accurate modeling of transport limit requires more accurate treatment of transport processes – see Model 2 results
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Gas Composition Effects
• Increasing percent conversion to equilibrium products moves the transport limit to higher current densities
• For fuel-rich input mixtures, equilibrium composition contains significant CO and H2, in addition to CO2 and H2O
• Therefore, non-electrochemical oxidation of CO and H2 not likely to be a problem as long as a fuel-rich mixture is used 0
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Integrated MicroPower Generator Program Review, October 18, 2002
Single Chamber vs. Dual Chamber
• Dual chamber calculation sets cathode gas composition to air, and eliminates the back reactions at the electrodes
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Catalyst selectivity effects
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Catalysts must have reasonable selectivity for electrochemical reactions in order for SCFC to function
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SCFC Loss Mechanisms
• Dominated by losses due to– Low cathode activity– Incomplete cathode and anode selectivity
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Load Crossover Cathode Activation
Concentration Anode Activation Ohmic
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Model 2: Microchannel SCFC Simulations
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Model Overview
• Inputs– Inlet gas composition, temperature, pressure– Load potential– Parameters characterizing kinetics, electrode transport,
geometry, etc.
• Outputs– 2D spatial distributions of C3H8, CH4, CO, H2, CO2, and H2O in
channel– Current density profile J(x)
• Assumes isothermal, isobaric conditions
• Includes an unsealed, non-catalytic plate (interconnect) separating anode and cathode gas streams
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Model Geometry
Electrolyte
CathodeAnode
Non-catalytic partitionPremixedFuel / air mixture
Cathode-side flow channel
Anode-side flow channel
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Mathematical Model
• Species equations finite-differenced and integrated in time to steady state.
• Porous electrodes handled by locally modifying diffusion coefficients
• Species equations solved simultaneously with equation for current density
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Model Problem
• Channel height = 700 m, length = 10 mm• 200 m anode, 50 m cathode• Electrode porosity 0.4, pore size 0.1 m • 15 m GDC electrolyte• T = 600 C, P = 1 atm
• Premixed 1:3 C3H8 / air
• Partial oxidation rate at anode set to give nearly complete consumption of propane
• Other parameters same as in zero-D model
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Porous Electrode Transport
• Gas must diffuse through porous electrodes to reach electrochemically-active triple-phase boundary
• Process modeled with effective diffusion coefficients for each species that interpolate between Knudsen and ideal gas limits
• Effective diffusion coefficient close to the Knudsen limit
reaction
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pro
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Partial Oxidation
• Global partial oxidation reaction C3H8 + 3/2 O2 => CO + 4H2
– Produces electrochemically-active species
– assumed to occur throughout the anode
– May occur on the cathode also
• Rate modeled as first-order in C3H8 and O2
• Magnitude set to lead to nearly complete conversion in the anode-side exhaust– ample residence time for complete
conversion (50-100 ms vs. 1 ms)– Degree of conversion can be tuned
experimentally by material choice, and anode fabrication methods
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Integrated MicroPower Generator Program Review, October 18, 2002
Velocity Profile
X (mm)
Y(m
m)
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Porous anode
Porous cathode
This velocity profile is imposed, based on known solution for viscous fully-developed flow
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Species Distributions at Max Power
flow
Anode on left
Cathode on right
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Current Density Distribution
• Movie shows steady-state J(x) for load potentials ranging from zero to 0.9 V
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Predicted Performance at 600 C
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• Predicted OCV = 0.9 V, peak power density = 85 mW/cm2
• Easily meets target SCFC performance of 50 – 100 mW/cm2.
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Integrated MicroPower Generator Program Review, October 18, 2002
Conclusions
• Performance targets appear to be easily achievable
• Largest potential gains in performance: – improved cathode catalytic activity– improved electrode selectivity
• Separator plate may not be necessary
• As long as gas composition is fuel rich, non-electrochemical oxidation of CO and H2 will not go to completion, and therefore nonselective catalyst for partial oxidation is acceptable.
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Integrated MicroPower Generator Program Review, October 18, 2002
Future Work
• Validation against all available test data – single-chamber, dual-chamber, etc.
• Prediction of coking behavior
• Prediction of low-temperature performance
• Integration with Swiss Roll heat exchanger model to predict operating temperature
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Integrated MicroPower Generator Program Review, October 18, 2002
Summary
• Two numerical models have been developed to predict SCFC performance.– A simple model useful for interpreting test data– A channel flow model useful for predicting micropower
generator performance
• Test results can be accounted for with physically-reasonable kinetic parameters
• Using these parameters in the channel-flow model leads to performance at 600 C that meets our targets
• Both models are suitable for use in design and optimization studies, including system studies with the Swiss Roll heat exchanger.