TY - JOUR
T1 - Prediction of SOFC performance with or without experiments
T2 - A study on minimum requirements for experimental data
AU - Yang, Tao
AU - Sezer, Hayri
AU - Celik, Ismail
AU - Finklea, Harry
AU - Gerdes, Kirk
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Authors.
PY - 2017/7/1
Y1 - 2017/7/1
N2 - In the present study, experiments and multi-physics simulations are utilized together to analyze and predict the polarization curves and impedance behavior of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). This new procedure consists of experiments, empirical polarization analysis, and multi-physics numerical simulations. First, polarization curves and impedance behavior are measured for various fuel/air utilization conditions. Then, the empirical polarization analysis is applied in conjunction with experiments to extract estimated values of essential parameters for the cell under study. Finally, numerical simulations are performed to determine/refine the model parameters via simultaneous calibration using polarization curves and impedance behavior. It is demonstrated that at least three fuel/air utilization conditions. i.e. low utilization, low air supply, and low fuel supply, are required as a complete set of data for better understanding of the processes within the cell. The cell performances at different working loads and various cell configurations are also simulated and analyzed to understand the processes in anode and cathode separately, illustrating the capability of the proposed model. The simulations, incorporating realistic material properties, provide details of overpotential and species concentration distributions within the porous electrodes for in-depth analysis. This proposed procedure can be utilized for quick diagnostics and analysis of button cells as well as planar cells made of same material without further calibration.
AB - In the present study, experiments and multi-physics simulations are utilized together to analyze and predict the polarization curves and impedance behavior of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). This new procedure consists of experiments, empirical polarization analysis, and multi-physics numerical simulations. First, polarization curves and impedance behavior are measured for various fuel/air utilization conditions. Then, the empirical polarization analysis is applied in conjunction with experiments to extract estimated values of essential parameters for the cell under study. Finally, numerical simulations are performed to determine/refine the model parameters via simultaneous calibration using polarization curves and impedance behavior. It is demonstrated that at least three fuel/air utilization conditions. i.e. low utilization, low air supply, and low fuel supply, are required as a complete set of data for better understanding of the processes within the cell. The cell performances at different working loads and various cell configurations are also simulated and analyzed to understand the processes in anode and cathode separately, illustrating the capability of the proposed model. The simulations, incorporating realistic material properties, provide details of overpotential and species concentration distributions within the porous electrodes for in-depth analysis. This proposed procedure can be utilized for quick diagnostics and analysis of button cells as well as planar cells made of same material without further calibration.
KW - Electrochemical impedance analysis
KW - Multi-physics numerical simulation
KW - Polarization analysis
KW - Solid oxide fuel cell
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85023774157&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.20964/2017.07.30
DO - 10.20964/2017.07.30
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85023774157
SN - 1452-3981
VL - 12
SP - 6801
EP - 6828
JO - International Journal of Electrochemical Science
JF - International Journal of Electrochemical Science
IS - 7
ER -