Fuel flexibility is a significant advantage of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) and can be attributed to their high operating temperature. Here we consider a direct internal reforming solid oxide fuel cell setup in which a separate fuel reformer is not required. We construct a multidimensional, detailed model of a planar solid oxide fuel cell, where mass transport in the fuel channel is modeled u...

Citation: Shiratori Y, Yamakawa T, Sakamoto M, Yoshida H, Kitaoka T, Tran QT, Doan DCT and Dang MC (2017) Biogas Production from Local Biomass Feedstock in the Mekong Delta and Its Utilization for a Direct Internal Reforming Solid Oxide Fuel Cell. Front. Environ. Sci. 5:25. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2017.00025 Biogas Production from Local Biomass Feedstock in the Mekong Delta and Its Utilization for a...

b Catalytic steam reforming of methane, methanol, and ethanol over Ni/YSZ: The possible use of these fuels in internal reforming SOFC N. Laosiripojana a,∗, S. Assabumrungrat b a The Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok 10140, Thailand b Center of Excellence on Catalysis and Catalytic Reaction Engineering, Department of Chemic...

This paper presents the performance analysis of a planar solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) under direct internal reforming conditions. A detailed olid-oxide fuel cell model is used to study the influences of various operating parameters on cell performance. Significant differences in efficiency nd power density are observed for isothermal and adiabatic operational regimes. The influence of air numbe...

Internally reforming anode supported solid-oxide fuel cells (SOFC) running on humidified CH4 is studied numerically. The computational framework employs detailed multi-step models for heterogeneous chemistry for Ni catalysts. The electrochemistry is implemented using a modified Butler–Volmer setting based on elementary charge transfer kinetics. Transport through the porous matrix is modeled usi...

This paper documents the application of exhaust gas fuel reforming of two alternative fuels, biodiesel and bioethanol, in internal combustion engines. The exhaust gas fuel reforming process is a method of on-board production of hydrogen-rich gas by catalytic reaction of fuel and engine exhaust gas. The benefits of exhaust gas fuel reforming have been demonstrated by adding simulated reformed ga...