2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Autothermal direct internal reforming on SOFC electrode

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21760155
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Thermal engineering
Research Institution	Kyoto University
Principal Investigator	IWAI Hiroshi Kyoto University, 大学院・工学研究科, 准教授 (00314229)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2010
Keywords	エネルギー利用 / 固体酸化物形燃料電池
Research Abstract	A gas mixture of methane, air and water vapor was supplied to the electrodes of solid oxide fuel cells to examine their basic characteristics as reforming catalyst. Ni contained in the anode works as a catalyst for the exothermic oxidation reaction as well as for the endothermic steam reforming reaction. It shows that the heat released by the oxidation reaction can be effectively utilized for the steam reforming reaction. The obtained experimental results were applied to numerical simulations to find operating conditions in which the autothermal reforming could be achieved.

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