Title :
Development of an SOFC dynamic simulation environment: Model extension for adopting heat loss analysis
Author :
Komatsu, Yosuke ; Otsuka, Kenji ; Kurosaki, Atsushi ; Kaseda, Chosei ; Kimijima, Shinji
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Machinery & Control Syst., Shibaura Inst. of Technol., Saitama, Japan
Abstract :
The present paper discusses the heat loss analysis in modeling of the solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC). Conventionally, adiabatic assumption is a reasonable assumption for building the numerical model of the SOFC. However, the heat loss is one of important issues to optimize the system design for the SOFC development, considering the characteristic which strongly depends on its operating temperature. The static and dynamic modeling has been conducted with model extension to analyze the heat loss in the SOFC. The result confirms the reasonability of the adiabatic assumption, however the transient capability is strongly affected due to the large heat capacity.
Keywords :
heat losses; solid oxide fuel cells; specific heat; SOFC dynamic simulation environment; adiabatic assumption; heat capacity; heat loss analysis; model extension; solid oxide fuel cell; transient capability; Equations; Feeds; Fuels; Heat transfer; Heating; Insulation; Mathematical model; dynamic modeling; heat loss estimation; solid oxide fuel cell;
Conference_Titel :
SICE Annual Conference (SICE), 2012 Proceedings of
Conference_Location :
Akita
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2259-1
