TY - JOUR
T1 - Micro-tubular flame-assisted fuel cells for micro-combined heat and power systems
AU - Milcarek, Ryan J.
AU - Wang, Kang
AU - Falkenstein-Smith, Ryan L.
AU - Ahn, Jeongmin
N1 - Funding Information:
This material is based upon work supported by an Agreement with Syracuse University awarded by its Syracuse Center of Excellence in Energy and Environmental Systems with funding under prime award number DE-EE0006031 from the US Department of Energy and matching funding under award number 53367 from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) .
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PY - 2016/2/29
Y1 - 2016/2/29
N2 - Currently the role of fuel cells in future power generation is being examined, tested and discussed. However, implementing systems is more difficult because of sealing challenges, slow start-up and complex thermal management and fuel processing. A novel furnace system with a flame-assisted fuel cell is proposed that combines the thermal management and fuel processing systems by utilizing fuel-rich combustion. In addition, the flame-assisted fuel cell furnace is a micro-combined heat and power system, which can produce electricity for homes or businesses, providing resilience during power disruption while still providing heat. A micro-tubular solid oxide fuel cell achieves a significant performance of 430 mW cm-2 operating in a model fuel-rich exhaust stream.
AB - Currently the role of fuel cells in future power generation is being examined, tested and discussed. However, implementing systems is more difficult because of sealing challenges, slow start-up and complex thermal management and fuel processing. A novel furnace system with a flame-assisted fuel cell is proposed that combines the thermal management and fuel processing systems by utilizing fuel-rich combustion. In addition, the flame-assisted fuel cell furnace is a micro-combined heat and power system, which can produce electricity for homes or businesses, providing resilience during power disruption while still providing heat. A micro-tubular solid oxide fuel cell achieves a significant performance of 430 mW cm-2 operating in a model fuel-rich exhaust stream.
KW - Flame-assisted fuel cell
KW - Fuel-rich combustion
KW - Micro-combined heat and power
KW - Micro-tubular solid oxide fuel cell
KW - Solid-oxide fuel cell
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2015.12.018
DO - 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2015.12.018
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84950149210
SN - 0378-7753
VL - 306
SP - 148
EP - 151
JO - Journal of Power Sources
JF - Journal of Power Sources
ER -