<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The CFD modelling of heat transfer in a microtubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (mSOFC) stack has been presented. Stack performance predictions were based on a 16 anode-supported microtubular SOFCs sub-stack, which is a component of the overall stack containing 64 fuel cells. Both radiative and convective heat transfer were taken into account in the modelling. The heat flux value corresponded to the cell voltage of 0.7 [V]. Two different cases of the inlet air velocity of 2.0 and 8.5 [ms<sup>–1</sup>] were considered. It was found that radiation accounted for about 20–30 [%] of the total heat flux from the active tube surface, which means that the convective heat transfer predominated over the radiative one.</p></abstract>

The CFD modelling of heat transfer in a microtubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (mSOFC) stack has been presented. Stack performance predictions were based on a 16 anode-supported microtubular SOFCs sub-stack, which is a component of the overall stack containing 64 fuel cells. Both radiative and convective heat transfer were taken into account in the modelling. The heat flux value corresponded to the cell voltage of 0.7 [V]. Two different cases of the inlet air velocity of 2.0 and 8.5 [ms–1] were considered. It was found that radiation accounted for about 20–30 [%] of the total heat flux from the active tube surface, which means that the convective heat transfer predominated over the radiative one.

Quantification of the Radiative and Convective Heat Transfer Processes and their Effect on mSOFC by CFD Modelling

West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Institute of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Protection Processes, al. Piastów 42, 71-065 Szczecin, Poland,

Polish Journal of Chemical Technology

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The CFD modelling of heat transfer in a microtubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (mSOFC) stack has been presented. Stack performance predictions were based on a 16...

Quantification of the Radiative and Convective Heat Transfer Processes and their Effect on mSOFC by CFD Modelling

Published Online: Jun 26, 2014

Page range: 51 - 55

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjct-2014-0029

Keywords
microtubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cell stack, heat transfer, Computational Fluid Dynamics, temperature distributions

© 2014 Paulina Pianko-Oprych et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Quantification of the Radiative and Convective Heat Transfer Processes and their Effect on mSOFC by CFD Modelling

Published Online: Jun 26, 2014

Page range: 51 - 55

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjct-2014-0029

Keywordsmicrotubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cell stack, heat transfer, Computational Fluid Dynamics, temperature distributions

© 2014 Paulina Pianko-Oprych et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
microtubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cell stack, heat transfer, Computational Fluid Dynamics, temperature distributions