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Experimental Study of the Carbon Deposition from CH 4 onto the Ni/YSZ Anode of SOFCs
Author(s) -
Fan P.,
Zhang X.,
Hua D.,
Li G.
Publication year - 2016
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.201500038
Subject(s) - anode , yttria stabilized zirconia , dehydrogenation , materials science , carbon fibers , solid oxide fuel cell , oxide , nickel , chemical engineering , hydrocarbon , inorganic chemistry , cubic zirconia , chemistry , electrode , catalysis , metallurgy , organic chemistry , composite material , ceramic , composite number , engineering
A challenge in the operation of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) with hydrocarbon fuels is the carbon deposition on the nickel/yttria‐stabilized zirconia (Ni/YSZ) anode. The Grabke‐type kinetic model has been proposed for the carbon formation based upon the assumption of elementary steps, which consist of a rate‐limiting dissociative chemisorption step and a stepwise dehydrogenation of the chemisorbed methyl group. This work experimentally studied the carbon formation on a SOFC Ni/YSZ anode exposed to CH 4 +H 2 gas mixtures. Experiments were conducted with various gas compositions of CH 4 /H 2 and temperatures in the range from 873 K to 1,123 K. The experimental results were used to determine a kinetic model that was applied to the SOFC operating environments. Based on the experimental data, the formula for the carbon formation rate that is dependent on the operating temperature and the gas compositions of CH 4 /H 2 was established.