Abstract
In principle, direct internal reforming of practical biodiesel fuels (BDFs) in a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) is viable. However, direct feed of practical BDFs to a SOFC caused severe carbon deposition accompanied by C 2H4 formation, which were more significant for higher degree of unsaturation of BDFs. Performance of SOFC running on BDF can be enhanced by increasing the content of a fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) with lower degree of unsaturation. To suppress formation of carbon and C 2H4, a flexible catalyst composed of inorganic fiber network was applied for the operation of SOFC running on FAMEs. In this study, rather high power density of 0.84 W cm-2 at 0.7 V was achieved in the feed of a mixture of oleic- and palmitic-FAMEs.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3005-3011 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | ECS Transactions |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Engineering(all)
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Tran, Q. T., Shiratori, Y., Kakihara, Y., Kitaoka, T., & Sasaki, K. (2013). Study on fuel composition for the performance enhancement of solid oxide fuel cell operated with biodiesel fuel. ECS Transactions, 57(1), 3005-3011. https://doi.org/10.1149/05701.3005ecst