Title

Gas-Diffusion Process in a Tubular Cathode Substrate of an SOFC, Part I: Theoretical Analysis of Gas-Diffusion Process under Cylindrical Coordinate System

Author(s)

Kevin Huang, University of South Carolina - ColumbiaFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

In this the first part of a two-part paper, the gas-diffusion process through a thick and porous tubular cathode substrate of a solid oxide fuel cell-(SOFC) was theoretically analyzed using classic Fick’s diffusion equation under the cylindrical coordinate system. The effects of current density, temperature, oxygen diffusivity or porosity, wall thickness, and bulk p_O2 on the concentration (or pore in this paper) polarization were calculated and are presented graphically. The results clearly show a greater impact on pore polarization by current density, oxygen diffusivity, wall thickness, and bulk p_O2, but not by temperature. In addition, the limiting current density, which is a characteristic of a material, was also derived based on the solved cylindrical-coordinated diffusion equation.

Publication Info

Published in Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Volume 151, Issue 5, 2004, pages A716-A719.

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Publisher’s Version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/1.1688338

Huang, K. (2004). Gas-Diffusion Process in a Tubular Cathode Substrate of an SOFC, Part I: Theoretical Analysis of Gas-Diffusion Process under Cylindrical Coordinate System. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 151 (5), A716 - A719. http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/1.1688338