Experimental Investigation of a Novel Combined Rapid Compression-Ignition Combustion and Solid Oxide Fuel Cell System Format Operating on Diesel

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العنوان: Experimental Investigation of a Novel Combined Rapid Compression-Ignition Combustion and Solid Oxide Fuel Cell System Format Operating on Diesel
المؤلفون: Thomas S. Welles, Andrew Ahn, Benjamin Akih-Kumgeh, Ryan J. Milcarek
المصدر: ASME 2021 Power Conference.
بيانات النشر: American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2021.
سنة النشر: 2021
مصطلحات موضوعية: Materials science, business.industry, Fossil fuel, Automotive industry, Combustion, law.invention, Ignition system, Diesel fuel, law, Solid oxide fuel cell, Combustion chamber, business, Process engineering, Syngas
الوصف: Climate change concerns have forced the automotive industry to develop more efficient powertrain technologies, including the potential for fuel cell systems. Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) demonstrate exceptional fuel flexibility and can operate on conventional, widely available hydrocarbon fuels with limited requirements for fuel reformation. Current hybrid powertrains combining fuel cell systems with internal combustion engines (ICEs) fail to mitigate the disadvantages of requiring fuel reformation by placing the engine downstream of the fuel cell system. This work, thus investigates the upstream placement of the engine, eliminating the need for fuel processing catalysts and the heating of complex fuel reformers. The ICE burns a fuel-rich mixture through rapid compression ignition, performing partial oxidation fuel reformation. To test the feasibility of a fuel cell system operating on such ICE exhaust, chemical kinetic model simulations were performed, creating model exhaust containing ∼43.0% syngas. A micro-tubular SOFC (μT-SOFC) was tested for power output with this exhaust, and generated ∼730 mW/cm2 (∼86% of its maximum output obtained with pure hydrogen fuel). Combustion testing was subsequently performed in a test chamber, and despite insufficient equipment limiting the maximum pressure of the combustion chamber, began to validate the model. The exhaust from these tests contained all of the predicted chemical species and, on average, ∼21.8% syngas, but would have resembled the model more closely given higher pressures. This work examines the viability of a novel combined ICE and fuel cell hybrid system, displaying potential for a more cost-effective/efficient solution than current fuel cell systems.
DOI: 10.1115/power2021-64197
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::5b164376ef8a6cb08285bd1468838e27
https://doi.org/10.1115/power2021-64197
Rights: CLOSED
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