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CFD Model Of A Planar Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell For Hydrogen Production From Nuclear Energy
| Content Provider | United States Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV) |
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| Author | Hawkes, Grant L. O'Brien, James E. Stoots, Carl M. Herring, J. Stephen |
| Organization | Idaho National Laboratory (INL) |
| Abstract | A three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model has been created to model hightemperature steam electrolysis in a planar solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC). The model represents a single cell as it would exist in an electrolysis stack. Details of the model geometry are specific to a stack that was fabricated by Ceramatec2, Inc. and tested at the Idaho National Laboratory. Mass, momentum, energy, and species conservation and transport are provided via the core features of the commercial CFD code FLUENT2. A solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) model adds the electrochemical reactions and loss mechanisms and computation of the electric field throughout the cell. The FLUENT SOFC user-defined subroutine was modified for this work to allow for operation in the SOEC mode. Model results provide detailed profiles of temperature, Nernst potential, operating potential, anode-side gas composition, cathode-side gas composition, current density and hydrogen production over a range of stack operating conditions. Mean model results are shown to compare favorably with experimental results obtained from an actual ten-cell stack tested at INL. |
| Sponsorship | DOE - NE |
| Related Links | https://www.osti.gov/biblio/911142 |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2005-10-01 |
| Publisher Place | United States |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | HYDROGEN 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION CURRENT DENSITY ELECTRIC FIELDS ELECTROLYSIS FLUID MECHANICS GEOMETRY HYDROGEN PRODUCTION NUCLEAR ENERGY OXIDES REACTORS SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS STEAM THERMAL HYDRAULICS TRANSPORT computational fluid dynamics hightemperature electrolysis hydrogen production nuclear energy |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |