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A Cylindrical Small Size Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell: Experimental Investigation on Materials and Improving Performance Solutions
Author(s) -
Rossi F.,
Nicolini A.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
fuel cells
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1615-6854
pISSN - 1615-6846
DOI - 10.1002/fuce.200800064
Subject(s) - molten carbonate fuel cell , stack (abstract data type) , fuel cells , durability , materials science , process engineering , nuclear engineering , mechanical engineering , composite material , computer science , chemical engineering , engineering , electrode , chemistry , anode , programming language
An original cylindrical small size molten carbonate fuel cell is presented. The cell's main peculiarity is its unique architecture in terms of both elements geometry and gases arrangements. Experimental tests on materials and system solutions were carried out on a single cell preliminary facility. Results allowed to identify optimising solutions which were applied on a new single cell facility. Further experimental tests allowed to determine the final cell configuration where sealing is enhanced and compression strain is further kept uniform along the cell surface. Final tests were carried out on a 1 kW stack comprising 15 single cells. Results suggest that the proposed cell design is a promising solution for μCHP applications because of performances, durability and construction costs.