Design, Fabrication and Characterization of a Gas Processing Unit Testing Platform for Micro-Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Autor: | Peter Heeb, Philippe Niedermann, Alejandro J. Santis Alvarez, Bo Jiang, Paul Muralt, Dimos Poulikakos, Thomas Maeder, Majid Nabavi |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Předmět: |
reforming
Materials science GPU Nanotechnology hydrocarbon reforming solid-oxide fuel cells Thick film technology Fluidics Electronics SOFC piles à combustible à oxyde solide Process engineering reformage Engineering(all) couches épaisses Unit testing Temperature control business.industry General Medicine microreactors µ-SOFC Electricity generation micro-scale solid oxide fuel cell Solid oxide fuel cell microréacteurs Microreactor business gas processing unit thick-film technology |
Popis: | Micro-scale solid oxide fuel cell is a promising power generation technology for portable devices such as laptop, medical devices and personal electronics. One of the key goals in design of μ-SOFC systems is to use common hydrocarbon fuels such as propane/butane, which requires an additional micro-scale gas-processing unit (GPU) to reform the fuel, avoiding the coking on the μ-SOFC membranes. However, no integrated micro-fabricated testing platform has been reported for evaluating the stability, thermal management and efficiency of GPU devices as far. Therefore we present such a GPU testing platform, which features integrated heating function and temperature control as well as convenient and reliable fluidic and mechanical interconnects. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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